Reach (Storycuts)

Rachel Seiffert

Random House, Nov 17, 2011 - Fiction - 18 pages

Alice tacitly agrees with Kim's teachers when they hint that her daughter is not an easy child. A single mother of two, the bond with her second-born didn't present itself readily.

Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Field Study.

About the author

The daughter of an Australian father and a German mother, Rachel Seiffert was born in Oxford and lives in London. She is the author the Booker-shortlisted novel The Dark Room and an acclaimed collection of short stories, Field Study. She was named one of Granta's 'Best of Young British' and one of 25 women writers to watch in the 'Orange Futures' promotion.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Reach (Storycuts)
• Author: Rachel Seiffert
• Publisher: Random House, 2011
• ISBN: 1448129079, 9781448129072
• Length: 18 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Short Stories (single author)