{"product_id":"every-kind-of-wanting-paperback","title":"Every Kind of Wanting - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGina Frangello\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Kind of Wanting\u003c\/i\u003e explores the complex intersection of three unique families and their bustling efforts to have a \"Community Baby.\" Miguel could not be more different from his partner Chad, a happy-go-lucky real estate mogul from Chicago's wealthy North Shore. When Chad's sister, Gretchen offers the couple an egg, their search for a surrogate leads them to Miguel's old friend Emily, happily married to an eccentric Irish playwright, Nick, with whom she is raising two boys. Into this web falls Miguel's sister Lina, a former addict and stripper, who begins a passionate affair with Nick while deciphering the mysteries of her past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut every action these couples make has unforeseen consequences. As Lina faces her long-hidden demons, and the fragile friendships between Miguel and Chad and Nick and Emily begin to fray as the baby's birth draws near, a shocking turn of events--and the secret Lina's been hiding--threaten to break them apart forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy turns funny, dark and sexy, \u003ci\u003eEvery Kind of Wanting\u003c\/i\u003e strips bare the layers of the American family today. Tackling issues such as assimilation, the legacy of secrets, the morality of desire, and ultimately who \"owns\" love, the characters--across all ethnicities, nationalities, and sexualities--are blisteringly alive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGina Frangello\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Target Emerging Authors selection \u003ci\u003eA Life in Men\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a book club selection for NYLON magazine, The Rumpus, and The Nervous Breakdown. She is also the author of two other books of fiction: \u003ci\u003eSlut Lullabies\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eForeword Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year finalist, and \u003ci\u003eMy Sister's Continent\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the founder of Other Voices Books, has served as the Sunday editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, the fiction editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Nervous Breakdown\u003c\/i\u003e, Executive Editor for \u003ci\u003eOther Voices\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and the faculty editor for TriQuarterly Online. Her short fiction, essays, book reviews, and journalism have been published in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFiveChapters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52557797130547,"sku":"9781640090040","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ySuUnOTCAh9781640090040.webp?v=1761191661","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/every-kind-of-wanting-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}