Catching Teller Crow

I began Catching Teller Crow one evening and the next thing I knew I was finished it. Short stories in spite of their shortness can be every bit as filling and satisfying Catching Teller Crow (a joy to discover where the title comes from once you discover it in the story) is one such short story.

Nothing’s been the same for Beth Teller since she died. Her dad, a detective, is the only one who can see and hear her – and he’s drowning in grief. But now they have a mystery to solve together. Who is Isobel Catching, her story is in poetic style leading itself to ask if it's true or metaphor and realising its both.

This for me was the most revelatory how sibling-author team Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina could use these tools to tell this brief, sharp story around the mysteries that have emerged after an incident of arson and a suspicious death at a children’s home. It deftly examines racism, violence, terrible historic injustices and corruption within the police force. This is a book that shows trauma and survival. Stories are vital, and Catching Teller Crow highlights and champions the transformative and nourishing powers of storytelling.

I had read an enjoyed Ambelin Kwaymullina's young adult series that began with The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf and am keen to read more of her work.