{"product_id":"love-like-that-stories-9781250624567","title":"Love Like That: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best New Book of 2021 by \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of \"5 Hot Books\" by \u003ci\u003eThe National Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for a Debut Short Story Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"For a friend who needs a reminder that love is weird, humans are complicated, and bad things often get better or at least later become funny stories to tell our friends.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sharp, witty book about brilliant, broken women that are just the right amount wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether diving into complicated relationships or wrestling with family ties, the girls and women who populate \u003ci\u003eLove Like That\u003c\/i\u003e--misfits and misanthropes, bickering sisters, responsible daughters, and unhappy wives--don't always find themselves making the best decisions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman struggles with a new kind of love triangle when she moves in with a divorced dad. A lonely teenage beach attendant finds uneasy comradeship with her boss. A high school English teacher gets pushed to her limits when a student plagiarizes. Often caught between desire and duty, guilt and resentment, these characters discover what it means to get lost in love, and do what it takes to find themselves again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUtterly singular and wholly unforgettable, Emma Duffy-Comparone's stories manage to be slyly, wickedly funny at even their darkest turns and herald the arrival of an irreverent and dazzling new voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDuffy-Comparone, Emma:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eEmma Duffy-Comparone\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, New England Review, One Story, AGNI, The Sun, The Pushcart Prize XXXIX \u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;\u003ci\u003e XLI, \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. A recipient of awards from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers' Conferences, the MacDowell Colony, the Yaddo Corporation, and the Elizabeth George Foundation, she is an assistant professor of creative writing at Merrimack College. \u003ci\u003eLove Like That\u003c\/i\u003e is her first published book.","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495681364242,"sku":"9781250624567","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_83ce9e92-8933-4a8f-9b96-cba0b03df495.jpg?v=1730686654","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/love-like-that-stories-9781250624567","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}