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Naomi Alderman

How to Be OK When Things Are Shit

How to Be OK When Things Are Shit

An essay by Naomi Alderman on coping with difficult life circumstances.

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    “I love Naomi Alderman's Substack. this piece about things to do when life is terrible in ways you can't control is wonderfully helpful. Her new book, 'The Strangers', is an auto-fiction work written about the year after her mom died - it might be too fresh for you or it might be just right.”

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