Books by Naomi Wood
“Naomi Wood writes so cleanly but so vividly, and you can feel Hemingway himself in her style in these stories of each of his four wives. There’s no waste, but a knife-like precision in every sentence. Sometimes her clarity almost takes your breath away. She evokes the spirit of each of the marriages so beautifully, taking us from Key West to the ruins of post-liberation Paris, allowing love to wilt into deception, and showing us delicately how each wife battles with letting Hemingway go. Every marriage, as his third wife observes, has to end with a three-card trick.” Read more...
Historical Novels Based on True Stories
Emily Howes, Novelist
Interviews where books by Naomi Wood were recommended
Historical Novels Based on True Stories, recommended by Emily Howes
The best historical fiction should transport the reader directly into the past, yet offer insight that reflects upon the present, argues Emily Howes, whose new novel Mrs. Dickens will be released later this year. Here, she recommends five of her favourite historical novels that, like her own books, are drawn from true stories.
