Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
Maile Meloy
Available as Paperback
From the author of Orange-shortlisted Liars and Saints, comes a collection of stories exploring the extraordinary moments of everyday life, now adapted into major film Certain Women, starring Kristen Stewart and Michelle Williams
Now adapted into major film, Certain Women, starring Kristen Stewart and Michelle Williams
Caught between opposing forces - fidelity and desire, impulse and security, innocence and experience - these unforgettable characters have each reached a fork in the road. But what kind of fool only wants it one way?
Funny, sly and sparkling with energy, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It confirms Maile Meloy as an enthralling storyteller.
“Brilliant.”
helen Fielding
See more reviews
“Meloy’s style is as fresh and brisk as an ocean breeze.”
sunday Times
“Clever, calm, funny … absolutely compulsive.”
daily Telegraph
“Meloy writes wonderfully well.”
guardian
“A true and rare find.”
richard Ford
Maile Meloy
Maile Meloy’s first novel, Liars and Saints, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and was a Richard & Judy Summer Read. She is also the author of the novel A Family Daughter and the story collection Half in Love. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Granta, Prospect, and other publications. In 2007, Meloy was chosen as one of Granta’s 21 Best Young American Novelists, and in 2009, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It was selected as one of the New York Times Book Review’s Ten Best Books of the Year. In 2017, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It was adapted into major film Certain Women, starring Kristen Stewart.