{"product_id":"9780060571832","title":"Wives \u0026 Lovers","description":"By: Richard Bausch     \u003chr\u003e\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","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":48094351786211,"sku":"DTRHCUS-9780060571832","price":93.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780060571832.jpg?v=1770667378","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/products\/9780060571832","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}