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Oh, Mary Gaitskill, you always do this to me. You begin a story like that, and it's brave and honest and true, and then I realize...

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Her clean, precise writing style works so well against the emotional intensity of the stories. Like trying to be an...more...]]> 869895 51817 84476 0684841444 9780684841441 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171054981m/84476.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171054981s/84476.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84476.Because_They_Wanted_to_Stories 3.88 544 1997 2 0 false Tue Apr 24 19:15:28 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 24 19:19:28 -0700 2007 Two Girls Fat and Thin, and I think the best synopsis I can give to Because They Wanted To is that I can't actually remember if this is the one I read. After a while, frankly, despite the author's excellent turns of p...more...]]> 40409350 1279204 84476 0684841444 9780684841441 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171054981m/84476.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171054981s/84476.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84476.Because_They_Wanted_to_Stories 3.88 544 1997 3 0 false Thu Dec 18 15:58:25 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 16:05:47 -0800 2008 38884221 1747460 84476 0684841444 9780684841441 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171054981m/84476.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171054981s/84476.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84476.Because_They_Wanted_to_Stories 3.88 544 1997 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 29 13:05:30 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 13:06:31 -0800 2008 1 61837964 3947 84476 0684841444 9780684841441 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171054981m/84476.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171054981s/84476.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84476.Because_They_Wanted_to_Stories 3.88 544 1997 5 0 false Wed Jul 01 19:39:49 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 12:44:10 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=84476