{"product_id":"wives-lovers-three-short-novels-9780060571832","title":"Wives \u0026 Lovers: Three Short Novels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A first-rate collection of novellas that will break your heart and fill you with hope at the same time.\" \u003cem\u003e--Denver Rocky Mountain News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the tradition of William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez comes \u003cem\u003eWives and Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e, from the author the \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e calls \"One of the most expert and substantial of our writers.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRequisite Kindness\u003c\/em\u003e--published here for the first time--tells the story of a man who must comes to terms with a life of treating women badly when he goes to live with his sister and dying mother. \u003cem\u003eRare and Endangered Species\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates how a wife and mother's suicide reverberates in the small community where she lives, and affects the lives of people who don't even know her. Finally, \u003cem\u003eSpirits\u003c\/em\u003e is about the pain that men and women can--and do--inflict upon each other. Three very different stories that illuminate the unadorned core of love--not the showy, more celebrated sort, but what remains when the more ephemeral emotions such as lust, jealousy, and passion have been stripped away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060571832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.26w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2004 pg. 407\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/24\/2004 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2004 pg. 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/16\/2004 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/16\/2004 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Richard Bausch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43448904515765,"sku":"9780060571832","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b896bd16-be19-49c0-bc44-d7834558265b.jpg?v=1704214235","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/wives-lovers-three-short-novels-9780060571832","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}