{"product_id":"both-ways-is-the-only-way-i-want-it-paperback","title":"Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaile Meloy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaile Meloy is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eHalf in Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eLiars and Saints\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the 2005 Orange Prize, and \u003ci\u003eA Family Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e. Meloy's stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has received \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review's\u003c\/i\u003e Aga Khan Prize for Fiction, the PEN\/Malamud Award, the Rosenthal Foundation Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2007, she was chosen as one of Granta's Best American Novelists under 35. THer short stories were adapted into the 2016 film, \u003ci\u003eCertain Women\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Kristen Stewart and Michelle Williams. She lives in California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 06, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44382906482790,"sku":"9781594484650","price":31.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/6tDQRfDbFU9781594484650.webp?v=1769025024","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/both-ways-is-the-only-way-i-want-it-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}