{"product_id":"because-they-wanted-to-stories","title":"Because They Wanted to: Stories","description":"A National Bestseller and New York Times Notable Book!\n\nFrom the bestselling author of Veronica, a breathtaking collection of short stories about people struggling with the disparity between what they want and what they know.\n\nA man tells a story to a woman sitting beside him on a plane, little suspecting what it reveals about his capacity for cruelty and contempt. A callow runaway girl is stranded in a strange city with another woman’s fractiously needy children. An uncomprehending father helplessly lashes out at the daughter he both loves and resents. In these raw, startling, and incandescently lovely stories, bestselling author Mary Gaitskill yields twelve indelible portraits of people grappling with the gap between their desires and what they know. Because They Wanted To is further evidence that Gaitskill is one of the fiercest, funniest, and most subversively compassionate writers at work today.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0684841444\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 31UMYP002J5K_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Gaitskill, Mary\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43024027025469,"sku":"31UMYP002J5K_ns","price":6.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0684841444-0.jpg?v=1772572361","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/because-they-wanted-to-stories","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}