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    Ann Hood

    Ann Hood is the author of a dozen books of memoir and fiction, including the best-selling novels The Book That Matters Most and The Knitting Circle, and editor of the anthologies Knitting Yarns and Knitting Pearls. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and New York.

    Ann Hood

    Ann Hood is the author of a dozen books of memoir and fiction, including the best-selling novels The Book That Matters Most and The Knitting Circle, and editor of the anthologies Knitting Yarns and Knitting Pearls. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and New York.

    Books by Ann Hood

    • Comfort: A Journey Through Grief

      Ann Hood

      Hardback, 2008

      A moving and remarkable memoir about the sudden death of a daughter, surviving grief, and learning to love again.
    • An Ornithologist's Guide to Life: Stories

      Ann Hood

      Paperback, 2005

      "A collection of short stories that makes it possible to be proud to be human."—Carolyn See, Washington Post
    • Knitting Circle: A Novel

      Ann Hood

      Paperback, 2008

      "An intelligent, moving read" (Pages) and "a testament to women’s friendship and to Ann Hood’s talent" (Hilma Wolitzer).
    • Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine: A Novel

      Ann Hood

      Paperback, 2008

      "Brilliant....[The Vietnam era] is vividly captured by Ann Hood."—New York Times Book Review
    • The Red Thread: A Novel

      Ann Hood

      Hardback, 2010

      From the best-selling author of The Knitting Circle, a mother’s powerful journey from loss to love.
    • Comfort: A Journey Through Grief

      Ann Hood

      Paperback, 2009

      “Rarely do memoirs of grief combine anguish, love, and fury with such elegance.” —Entertainment Weekly
    • The Red Thread: A Novel

      Ann Hood

      Paperback, 2011

      The new bestseller from the author of The Knitting Circle: “Is there anyone who can write about the connections between ordinary people as well as Ann Hood does?”—Jodi Picoult
    • The Obituary Writer: A Novel

      Ann Hood

      Hardback, 2013

      A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras.
    • Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting

      Ann Hood

      Hardback, 2013

      A collection of poignant essays about the transformative power of knitting by twenty-seven extraordinary writers.
    • The Obituary Writer: A Novel

      Ann Hood

      Paperback, 2013

      A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras.