Both ways is the only way I want it

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Award-winning writer Maile Meloy's return to short stories explores complex lives in an austere landscape with the clear-sightedness that first endeared her to readers.Meloy's first return to short stories since her critically acclaimed debut, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It is an extraordinary new work from one of the most promising writers of the last decade.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....

Description

Presents a volume of eleven short works that explores the complexity of life in austere landscapes of the American West, from the tale of a ranch hand who falls for a reluctant newcomer to the story of a young father who is shocked by the reappearance of his late grandmother.

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• Fiction

Other Editions

• Both ways is the only way I want itRiverhead Books2009-01-01
• Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want ItElectronic resourcePenguin USA, Inc.2009-01-01
• Both ways is the only way I want itRiverhead Books2009-01-01
• Both Ways is the Only Way I Want IteBookCanongate Books2010-01-01
• Both ways is the only way I want itCanongate2010-01-01
• Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want ItText Publishing Company2010-01-01