The stories in Lucy Nelson’s debut collection, Wait Here, are delicate and quiet, focused on the experiences of women across many stages of their lives. They are often interior, full of dreams and desires and yearnings: some of these women are drawn towards futures they don’t quite understand, others circle around past experiences and regrets, or grapple with their present-day realities and disappointments.
Nelson’s characters are complex, and wonderfully varied, but what they have in common – and what forms the thematic heart of the book – is that none of them have children.
