{"product_id":"what-counts-as-love-marian-crotty-9781609385163","title":"What Counts as Love","description":"In these nine stories, Marian Crotty inhabits the lives of people searching for human connection. Her characters, most often young women, are honest, troubled, and filled with longing. In the title story, a young woman begins a job on a construction site after leaving an abusive marriage. In \"Crazy for You,\" two girls spy on a neighbor's sex life, while their own sexuality hovers in the distance. In \"A Real Marriage,\" a college student marries a boyfriend to help him stay in the United States. In \"The Fourth Fattest Girl at Cutting Horse Ranch,\" the daily life of a residential treatment center for eating disorders is disrupted by the arrival of a celebrity. The stories are set in Arizona, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and the Persian Gulf, and often touch on themes of addiction, class, sexuality, and gender. \u003ci\u003eWhat Counts as Love \u003c\/i\u003eis a poignant, often funny collection that asks us to take it and its characters seriously.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marian Crotty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609385160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609385163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.50w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/26\/2017","brand":"Marian Crotty","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44491620221183,"sku":"9781609385163","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_107ddc97-c3a7-4dc1-809e-955390bb5731.jpg?v=1699452257","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-counts-as-love-marian-crotty-9781609385163","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}