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Lucy Wood is the author of the critically acclaimed collection of short stories Diving Belles: And Other Stories. She has been longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize and was a runner-up in the BBC National Short Story Award. She has also been awarded a Somerset Maugham Award. Lucy Wood has a master's degree in creative writing from Exeter University. She lives in Devon.
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"Extraordinary writing, the finest language and imagery I’ve come across in a very long time. Precise, unindulgent, fresh and honest, every page is a celebration." ―New York Times Book Review
"Sensory, haunting and somewhat literally haunted, this novel tackles the big subjects--belonging, mortality, love--with quiet grace and intimate focus . . . True vitality lies beneath the surface of Wood's exquisite and poetic writing . . . A luminous modern fairy tale." ―starred review, Kirkus Reviews
"Marvelous . . . I could tell you this novel is about the portrait of an artist as a young girl. Or the thorny but loving relationship between mothers and daughters. Or how we discover ever more of our parents in ourselves as we age. Not yet 30, Wood handles all of these themes with remarkable insight, empathy and grace." ―Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"One of Wood’s great strengths is the ability to fully inhabit her characters’ consciousness. She skilfully modifies her prose as she moves from one mind to another, leavening her vividly descriptive passages with snippets of speech or thought, wittily profane and colloquial . . . Pepper is a glorious child in the tradition of Harper Lee’s Scout and Donna Tartt’s Harriet." ―The Guardian
"Recalls Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping . . . Wood is a creator of worlds. This sodden river valley is one to savour." ―The Daily Telegraph
"Wood beautifully renders a landscape by turns rain-soaked and snow-laden . . . The author has a gift for capturing how humans are bound to and moulded by places." ―The Sunday Times
"Lucy Wood is a sorceress. These stories unfold in a dreamy marine light, one that reveals the miraculous in the everyday. It is guaranteed to enrapture a reader, and you'll want to come up slowly from its depths." ―Karen Russell on DIVING BELLES
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- PublisherBloomsbury Paperbacks
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1408840952
- ISBN 13 9781408840955
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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