Naomi Wood

In the dazzling summer of 1926, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley travel from their home in Paris to a villa in the south of France. They swim, play bridge and drink gin. But wherever they go they are accompanied by the glamorous and irrepressible Fife. Fife is Hadley's best friend. She is also Ernest's lover. Hadley is the first Mrs. Hemingway, but neither she nor Fife will be the last. Over the ensuing decades, Ernest's literary career will blaze a trail, but his marriages will be ignited by passion and deceit. Four extraordinary women will learn what it means to love the most famous writer of his generation, and each will be forced to ask herself how far she will go to remain his wife...Luminous and intoxicating, Mrs. Hemingway portrays real lives with rare intimacy and plumbs the depths of the human heart.

C’est un fait : Hemingway était un homme à femmes. Seulement l’auteur du Vieil homme et la mer ne se contentait pas denchaîner les histoires d’amour. Il a voulu épouser ses maîtresses. L’une après l’

In 1922, Paul Beckermann arrives at the Bauhaus art school and is immediately seduced by both the charismatic teaching and his fellow students. Eccentric and alluring, the more time Paul spends with his new friends the closer they become, and the deeper he falls in love with the mesmerising Charlotte. But Paul is not the only one vying for her affections, and soon an insidious rivalry takes root.As political tensions escalate in Germany, the Bauhaus finds itself under threat, and the group begins to disintegrate under the pressure of its own betrayals and love affairs. Decades later, in the wake of an unthinkable tragedy, Paul is haunted by a secret. When an old friend from the Bauhaus resurfaces, he must finally break his silence.Beautifully written, powerful and suspenseful, Naomi Wood's The Hiding Game is a novel about the dangerously fine line between love and obsession, set against the most turbulent era of our recent past.

Ernest Hemingway était un homme à femmes. Mais il ne se contentait pas d’enchaîner les histoires. Ses maîtresses, il en a fait des Mrs Hemingway. Ainsi la généreuse Hadley Richardson a-t-elle été rem

ExcellentIRISH TIMESWitty and biting and brillianti PAPERFull of dark mischief EMMA HEALEYHilarious EMMA JANE UNSWORTH WINNER 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 exs 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 WATSONHumane and very funny JESSIE BURTONClever and illuminating LUCY CALDWELLWonderfulDAILY MAILRead it and riot MARIANNE LEVY

Winner of the British Library Writers AwardShortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas PrizeA Richard and Judy Book Club SelectionMr. Ernest Hemingway: genius, husband, philanderer. Across the decades he will become a legendary writer. But behind every great man . . .In Mrs. Hemingway, Naomi Wood retells the lives and passions of the women he loved and betrayed as we follow the marriages of Hadley, Pauline, Martha and Mary. Four singular, brilliant and complicated women, each wife will share the title of Mrs. Hemingway; each has their own story of the complex man at the centre of their bond.Moving, radiant and exquisitely told, Naomi Woods Mrs. Hemingway is a stunning exploration of the life of one man through the women that knew him.It takes an unusual skill to keep someone reading a story to which they think they already know the ending. But Mrs. Hemingway is so beautifully written, and evocative, that I could not put it down until the last page - Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before YouPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

The Godless Boys is the astounding literary debut of Naomi Wood, author of Mrs. Hemingway.Imagine an alternative England, where the Church controls the country and non-believers have been exiled to a remote island. On the Island, a fierce group of boys patrols the community, searching for signs of faith and punishing any believers. When a new girl appears, arriving from the mainland to search for her long-lost mother, the gang is split: one boy falls in love with her, another seeks violent revenge. The struggle between them will change everything.

An intoxicating story of love and betrayal set in 1920s Germany. In Roaring Twenties Germany, Paul, Charlotte and Walter meet at the Bauhaus art school. The trio form a close-knit group, in which passions and rivalries collide. But when Walter is betrayed, he makes a terrible mistake a secret he will keep from Paul and Charlotte for as long as he can.As political tensions escalate and the Nazis gain power, Walters secret hidden in notebooks, paintings and blueprints ultimately threatens the very lives of his friends, with devastating consequences.Thrilling, gripping and unforgettable, Naomi Woods The Hiding Game explores the perils of secrecy in a changing and dangerous world.Shortlisted for The Historical Writers Association Gold Crown Award.Longlisted for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

For fans of American Housewife and the work of Lily King, a provocative, razor-sharp, and riotously entertaining story collection of literary fiction exploring the dark side of family and femininity.CONTAINS "COMORBIDITIES," WINNER OF THE BBC SHORT STORY PRIZEIn 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-husbands wedding.This Is Why We Cant 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 darkly comic collection exposes how society wants women to behave, and shows what happens when they refuse.

Ernest Hemingway idazleak emakumeekin izan zituen harremanak gatazkatsuak izan ziren; segur asko emakumeekin zeuzkan harremanetan ematen zuena baino askoz gehiago jasotzea espero zuelako. Ezkontza ordenatua desiratzen zuen emakume ezberdinekin oheratzea bezainbeste eta horregatik beharbada bikotez-bikote ibili zen beti maitasun hiruki ezinezkoak sortzen. Bizitzan zehar lau emazte izan zituen eta Naomi Wooden eleberri koral honetan laurak agertzen dira: idazlearekin Parisen bizi izan zen eta bere lehen semearen ama izan zen Hadley Richardson; hasieran amorante eta gero emazte izan zen Pauline Pfeiffer Fife aberatsa; Espainiako guda zibilean harekin batera gerra-berriemaile izandako Martha Gellhorn eta ezkondutakoan kazetari lanbidea utzi zuen Mary Welsh; 1961ean, guztiei Hemingwayren heriotzaren berri eman ziena, baita emazte ohiei ere.

«Meticulosa, imaginativa y cargada de emoción, Las señoras Hemingway es una novela más auténtica que la mayoría de las biografías.»Jon Day, The Telegraph La tranquila casa familiar donde la esposa vi