{"product_id":"both-ways-is-the-only-way-i-want-it","title":"Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBoth Ways Is the Only Way I Want It\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist or Composer: \u003c\/b\u003eMaile Meloy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e9781594484650\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReleased: \u003c\/b\u003e2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e257\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eDisc, case and artwork in excellent condition with little sign of use. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10 Best Books of 2009-- now adapted into the feature film \u003ci\u003eCertain Women, \u003c\/i\u003e starring Kristen Stewart-- award-winning writer Maile Meloy's short stories explore complex lives in an austere landscape with the clear-sightedness that first endeared her to readers. Don't miss her new novel, \u003ci\u003eDo Not Become Alarmed\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Meloy's first return to short stories since her critically acclaimed debut, \u003ci\u003eBoth Ways Is the Only Way I Want It\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary new work from one of the most promising writers of the last decade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eleven unforgettable new stories demonstrate the emotional power and the clean, assured style that have earned Meloy praise from critics and devotion from readers. Propelled by a terrific instinct for storytelling, and concerned with the convolutions of modern love and the importance of place, this collection is about the battlefields-and fields of victory-that exist in seemingly harmless spaces, in kitchens and living rooms and cars. Set mostly in the American West, the stories feature small-town lawyers, ranchers, doctors, parents, and children, and explore the moral quandaries of love, family, and friendship. A ranch hand falls for a recent law school graduate who appears unexpectedly- and reluctantly-in his remote Montana town. A young father opens his door to find his dead grandmother standing on the front step. Two women weigh love and betrayal during an early snow. Throughout the book, Meloy examines the tensions between having and wanting, as her characters try to keep hold of opposing forces in their lives: innocence and experience, risk and stability, fidelity and desire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Knowing, sly, and bittersweet, \u003ci\u003eBoth Ways Is the Only Way I Want It\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Maile Meloy's singular literary talent. Her lean, controlled prose, full of insight and unexpected poignancy, is the perfect complement to her powerfully moving storytelling.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It | Maile Meloy | Paperback | 9781594484650 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks H 1748847","offer_id":48856514920600,"sku":"1748847","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/815CNoxqXpL.jpg?v=1775585006","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/both-ways-is-the-only-way-i-want-it","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}