All Her Lives
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Ingrid Horrocks's 'All Her Lives' is a collection of nine short stories that follow women navigating social and political pressures across different periods and locations.
The stories range from a queer nurse returning from the Great War to children growing up beside Truby King's hospital gardens and a contemporary mother facing housing insecurity.
Horrocks weaves historical research—especially on Mary Wollstonecraft—into imaginative, intimate portraits that emphasize complexity and fallibility.
Settings act like characters, shaping the women's choices and experiences, while recurring themes include backlash, resilience, and the constraints placed on women.
The collection won the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
The stories range from a queer nurse returning from the Great War to children growing up beside Truby King's hospital gardens and a contemporary mother facing housing insecurity.
Horrocks weaves historical research—especially on Mary Wollstonecraft—into imaginative, intimate portraits that emphasize complexity and fallibility.
Settings act like characters, shaping the women's choices and experiences, while recurring themes include backlash, resilience, and the constraints placed on women.
The collection won the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
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Ingrid Horrocks takes top fiction prize with All Her Lives
