{"product_id":"9780525654636","title":"We Want What We Want: Stories","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eOhlin, Alix\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKnopf\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of Summer • A collection of glittering, surprising, darkly funny stories of       people testing the boundaries of their lives—from the award-winning       author of \u003ci\u003eDual Citizens\u003c\/i\u003e, who is \"spoken of in the same reverent breath       as Lorrie Moore and Joy Williams\" (Heidi Julavits, author of \u003ci\u003eThe       Folded Clock\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the mordantly funny \"Money, Geography, Youth,\" Vanessa arrives home from a gap year volunteering in Ghana to find that her father is engaged to her childhood best friend. Unable to reconcile the girl she went to dances with in the eighth grade and the woman in her father's bed, Vanessa turns to a different old friendship for her own, unique diversion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the subversive \"The Brooks Brothers Guru,\" Amanda drives to upstate New York to rescue her gawky cousin from a cult, only to discover clean-cut, well-dressed men living in a beautiful home, discussing the classics, and drinking sophisticated cocktails, moving her to wonder what freedoms she might willingly trade away for a life of such elegant comfort.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnd in \"The Universal Particular,\" Tamar welcomes her husband's young stepcousin into their home, imagining they are saving this young woman from Somalia by way of Stockholm, only to find their cool suburban life of potlucks and air-conditioning knocked askew in ways they cannot quite understand.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePopulated with imperfect families, burned potential, and inescapable old flames, the thirteen stories in \u003ci\u003eWe Want What We Want\u003c\/i\u003e are, each one, diamond-sharp—sparkling with pain, humor, and beauty.","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43373625835775,"sku":"9780525654636","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780525654636_s600x595.jpg?v=1775598627","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780525654636","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}