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Naomi Wood - This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Winner of the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award

Av Naomi Wood

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'Excellent' IRISH TIMES'Witty and biting and brilliant' i PAPER'Full of dark mischief' EMMA HEALEY'Hilarious' EMMA JANE UNSWORTHWINNER OF THE BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD A mother has an unexpected outburst at a corporate therapy session for working parents. A couple finally get time to rekindle their relationship and make an ill-advised home movie. A pregnant film director plots revenge on the actress who betrayed her. A woman deliberately causes conflict at her ex's wedding.These powerful and funny stories illuminate the lives of untamed women. They explore how society wants us to behave - and what happens when we refuse . . .'Whip-smart' CHRISTIE WATSON'Humane and very funny' JESSIE BURTON'Clever and illuminating' LUCY CALDWELL'Wonderful' DAILY MAIL'Read it and riot' MARIANNE LEVY
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2024-04-04
  • Mått: 144 x 218 x 30 mm
  • Vikt: 374 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 256
  • Förlag: Orion Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9781399615891
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Naomi Wood is the award-winning author of three novels, including the bestselling Mrs. Hemingway. Her stories have been published in the Mid-American Review, Washington Square Review, Joyland and Stylist, and have been shortlisted for the Manchester Fiction Prize, the London Magazine Short Story Prize and longlisted for the Galley Beggar Press Story Prize. 'Comorbidities' won the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award. She lives in Norwich with her family, and teaches Creative Writing at UEA.

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Humane and very funny, a story that understands out emotional and intellectual storms, and the generosity we are capable of that will keep us all afloat

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