{"product_id":"the-only-thing-there-is-sarah-hepola-9781984820334","title":"The Only Thing There Is to Want: A Memoir of Three Loves","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlackout\u003c\/i\u003e excavates the romantic entanglements that defined her adulthood--an electrifying and unflinching account of the ways we choose love, it chooses us, and how those choices build a life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I'm scared I only want what I can't have,\" I said.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Oh baby,\" he said. \"It's the only thing there is to want.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Hepola wanted so much: a big career; travel and adventure; deep relationships; passion. Having realized so many of those desires, she also grieved the ways her life was not what she'd always imagined it would be. \u003ci\u003eDid I want too much\u003c\/i\u003e, she wondered. \u003ci\u003eDid I make the wrong choices? Love the wrong people?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Only Thing There Is To Want\u003c\/i\u003e, Hepola revisits three complicated love affairs from her past, seeking to understand how they might have kept her from the life she'd envisioned, but also made her who she is. Examining her own decisions, Hepola probes the question: \u003ci\u003eIs love ever really a choice?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis dazzling portrait of the mirages of modern romance captures the paradox of desire: wanting propels us forward and holds us back. Funny, achingly tender, and fearlessly intimate, \u003ci\u003eThe Only Thing There Is to Want\u003c\/i\u003e is about discovering the beauty in the life you've built.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Hepola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1984820338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984820334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dial Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Sarah Hepola","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48440657379583,"sku":"9781984820334","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f5deb212-b2b8-4093-8635-a99c2bd4d983.jpg?v=1777183927","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-only-thing-there-is-sarah-hepola-9781984820334","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}