From the author of LIARS AND SAINTS (shortlisted for the Orange Prize and a Richard & Judy Summer Read) comes a wonderful new book exploring extraordinary moments of everyday life

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 *

"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 *

"Moving, compassionate and amusing." - * Daily Mail *

"She's such a talented and unpredictable writer that I'm officially joining her fan club." - * Guardian *

"The opening story in this deft collection could be Annie Proulx, while the last recalls Tobias Wolff . . . Maile Meloy has a range and flexibility well beyond her years . . . There is an exactitude and simplicity to these assured and beautifully constructed stories, which are often told from the perspective of those who lack much authority over their lives." - * Observer *

"One of the best of our contemporary short-story writers, Maile Meloy's star is rapidly rising - and this brilliant collection shows why." - * Sunday Business Post *

"Meloy has such a sure handle in what to leave out. Her style is impressively unshowy: it's not even showily unshowy, not seeing the need to draw attention to its pared-down restraint." - * London Review of Books *