September 2010
$24.95 paperback
ISBN: 978-0-9806378-9-2
Having Cried Wolf
by Gretchen Shirm
Small towns harbour secrets. Rising, receding and returning like the tides lapping the fictional coastal town of Kinsale, the stories in this collection revolve around Alice and Grace, friends since childhood, who grow to live vastly different lives.
Weaving in and around these women is a lattice of interconnecting stories drawing in their husbands, families, neighbours and strangers, each linked to one another by fate or circumstance. Having Cried Wolf is a contemplative and affecting collection – one that marks the arrival of an original literary talent.
Praise for Having Cried Wolf
'This collection is beautifully formed.' The Age
'A major new talent has arrived.' Kerryn Goldsworthy, Sydney Morning Herald
'Wintonesque.' Sunday Herald Sun
'Deep emotional truths.' The Canberra Times
'You're in the hands of a born storyteller...' Cate Kennedy
Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year 2010
Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Award for New Writing 2010
Gretchen Shirm
Gretchen Shirm was born in 1979, and currently lives in Sydney where she works as a lawyer. In 2009, Gretchen received the D.J. O’Hearn Memorial Fellowship for Emergent Writers. She holds a Master of Creative Writing from the University of Sydney. Her fiction has been published in numerous literary journals.
Having Cried Wolf is her first collection.
