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Naomi Wood was born in 1983 and lives in London. She studied at Cambridge and at UEA for her MA in Creative Writing. Originally from York, she has gone on to live in Hong Kong, Paris and Washington DC. She is the author of The Godless Boys, Mrs. Hemingway and The Hiding Game. This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things is her first short story collection, and is coming out in April 2024. ...more

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	Mrs. Hemingway 3.83 avg rating — 10,111 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Naomi Wood and 4 other people liked Sarah's review of This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: "This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things is a pretty intimate look into the depths of motherhood - the thread that binds this short story collection together being stories about pregnancy, children, and how the emotional and physical brunt of that tends" Read more of this review »
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