Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It

'Maile Meloy is a true and rare find—a natural.' Richard Ford

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'Maile Meloy writes with eerie clarity about the way human beings lust for the agents of their own undoing. Beautiful, terrifying writing.' Joanna Murray-Smith

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'Don't let the easy accessibility of Maile Meloy's writing fool you: she's capable of witchcraft.... These 11 stories are quick, powerful jabs, startling in their economy; you're propelled toward each ending, certain she won't be able to wrap it up in one more page, and you're proved wrong every time.' Time

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'Meloy is such a talented and unpredictable writer that I'm officially joining her fan club; whatever she writes next, I'll gladly read it.' Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times Book Review

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'These stories, even in their simplicity, are so deep and involving that they forbid their readers to stop turning the pages. Not only will you want to read this book in one sitting, you will want to read each story a second time—and a third.' Bookpage

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'Maile Meloy cracks at our nagging desire to have it all (the answers, the romance, the payout, and in one case, the late grandmother come back to life) in eleven tightly written, remarkably fluid narratives.' Elle

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'The award-winning Meloy continues to deliver stories that please and surprise as each narrative's small world unfolds… A treat.' Library Journal

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