'A glowing, beating heart of a book' Megan Hunter, author of The End We Start From
Lauren Aimee Curtis (b. 1988) is a writer from Sydney, Australia. Her work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Best Summer Stories, Catapult, The Atlas Review, Sydney Review of Books, Fireflies, Cordite Poetry Review, Australian Book Review, and elsewhere. In 2017, she was shortlisted for the Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. She currently teaches at the University of Technology, Sydney where she is completing a PhD on the works of Renata Adler and Elizabeth Hardwick. DOLORES is her debut novel.
Dolores is a taut and moody novella ... In burnished prose, Curtis raises potent questions about how women control their bodies and destinies when subject to institutional forces.
