Carol Lynch Williams writes young adult and middle-grade fiction about family pressure, grief and teenagers living inside difficult or restrictive homes. The Chosen One follows Kyra, a thirteen-year-old girl in an isolated polygamist community who is ordered to marry an older relative and begins questioning the authority around her. Glimpse is a verse novel about sisters, trauma and the mystery behind a suicide attempt, while Waiting centres on a girl whose family has fractured after her brother's death. Miles from Ordinary follows a teenager caring for a mother with severe mental illness. Williams's books are direct and issue-led, often using compressed or verse-like forms. Williams's books are best placed with contemporary YA, religious-control narratives, mental-health fiction and family trauma. Read more Less
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