10 Jul 2021

Sue Orr: looping together truth and fiction for new novel

From Saturday Morning, 10:35 am on 10 July 2021

Wellington author Sue Orr's new novel Loop Tracks tells the story of Charlie, a young woman who heads to Australia in 1978 to end her pregnancy, at a time when safe legal abortion was unavailable in New Zealand.

But when the plane is delayed on the tarmac, Charlie makes an impulsive choice that will echo through the generations.

Loop Tracks is Orr’s second novel, following her 2015 book The Party Line.

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Photo: Supplied / Ebony Lamb

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