How does our past shape our future? In Sue Orr’s latest novel, Loop Tracks, Charlie goes into Level 4 lockdown in 2020 with her grandson Tommy. The story that follows offers Aotearoa readers an extraordinary Covid-19 novel that not only reflects on life in a global pandemic, but also explores aging, the ongoing trauma of a woman’s right to govern her own body, addiction, music, consent, autism and much more. Catherine Robertson talks to Sue Orr about her tour-de-force.

Loop Tracks is a remarkable, timely novel. – Holly Walker, Kete books