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WINNER OF THE BBC SHORT STORY AWARDIn 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.
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This Is Why We Can´t Have Nice Things: Winner of the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award, Naomi Wood
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2024
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
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- Tytuł
- This Is Why We Can´t Have Nice Things: Winner of the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Naomi Wood
- Wydawca
- Orion Publishing Co
- Rok wydania
- 2024
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 256
- ISBN10
- 1399615904
- ISBN13
- 9781399615907
- Seria
- Kategorie
- Tagi
- Literatura współczesna, Opowiadania, Relacje, Prezenty dla kobiet, Feminizm, Macierzyństwo, Czarny humor
- Ocena
- 3 z 5
- Opis
- WINNER OF THE BBC SHORT STORY AWARDIn 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.