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Because They Wanted To
Because They Wanted To: Stories | Mary Gaitskill
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A collection of startling and breathtaking stories about people struggling with the disparity between what they want and what they know. A New York Times Notable Book A 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 womans 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, the author of Veronica yields twelve indelible portraits of people struggling with the disparity between what they want 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.
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#BecausetheNight #MarchIntothe70s
Because it too starts with 'because'.
Because this is a fantastic story collection.
Because I keep meaning to read more Gaitskill.
Because somehow this had no posts before now.
@Lizpixie @Cinfhen

Cinfhen 🙌🏻Because I‘m in awe 😜 (edited) 5y
gradcat Because someone had to do it...and I thank you 🙏 😊👍 5y
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