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Motherhood is as diverse as the women who bear the title. They Always Wave Goodbye is about women: the choices they make, the children they shape, and the lies they tell in order to survive. These award-winning stories are set in the heart of Appalachia.

What are people saying?

“Katie Sherman’s finely wrought first collection, They Always Wave Goodbye, is a deep and insightful look at motherhood written in piercing prose that mines “the secrets no one will share.” But Sherman does share for her readers “the pain and pleasure so intertwined you can’t distinguish one from the other” in these stories about heartbreak, horrific loss, and the bonds of love that can’t be broken between a mother and child. Ultimately, though, Sherman uses the lens of motherhood to examine how we all suffer loss and celebrate love. An impressive debut.”

-Marlin Barton, author of Children of the Dust and Pasture Art

The story of

Katie P. Sherman

Katie Piccirillo Sherman grew up in the heart of the West Virginia coal fields. She always knew she wanted to be a writer. She studied under Pulitzer Prize nominee George Esper at West Virginia University.

Sherman’s journalistic career began in Chicago, IL where she worked for Chicago Scene Magazine and Talcott Industries. She has freelanced for The Chicago Tribune, Vogue, and US Weekly. In 2018, she received her MFA in Fiction from Converse College. Short stories within the collection have been published in anthologies from Owl Hollow Press, Short Story America, Bluestem Magazine, and Literary Mama – among others. 

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