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Naomi Wood | 2024

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: A provocative, darkly funny collection of subversive short stories exploring modern femininity and family

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: A provocative, darkly funny collection of subversive short stories exploring modern femininity and family

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For fans of American Housewife and the work of Lily King, a provocative, razor-sharp, and riotously entertaining story collection exploring the dark side of family and femininity.

CONTAINS “COMORBIDITIES,” WINNER OF THE BBC SHORT STORY PRIZE

In my life, I had always been a good woman; controlling what it was that I wanted. But recently, I had started to notice my bad energy, and I began to follow it, wondering where it would take me . . .

A woman has an unexpected outburst at a corporate therapy session for working mothers. A couple find some long-overdue time to rekindle their relationship and make an ill-advised home movie. A pregnant film director plots revenge on the actress who betrayed her. An ex-wife deliberately causes conflict at her ex-husband’s wedding.

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things illuminates the lives of malicious, subversive, and untamed women. Exploring failed sisterhood, dubious parenting, and the dark side of modern love, this powerful and funny collection exposes how society wants women to behave, and shows what happens when they refuse.

Print Length: 256 pages | Language: en | Publisher: Mariner Books | Publication Date:

Categories: Short Stories Anthologies, Short Stories, and Literary Fiction

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