{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-man-9780991386703","title":"How to Be a Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tamara Linse\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Willow Words\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Willow Words\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Never acknowledge the fact that you're a girl, and take pride when your guy friends say, 'You're one of the guys.' Tell yourself, 'I am one of the guys, ' even though, in the back of your mind, a little voice says, 'But you've got girl parts.' \" A girl whose self-worth revolves around masculinity, a bartender who loses her sense of safety, a woman who compares men to plants, and a boy who shoots his cranked-out father. These are a few of the hard-scrabble characters in Tamara Linse's debut short story collection, How to Be a Man. Set in contemporary Wyoming-the myth of the West taking its toll-these stories reveal the lives of tough-minded girls and boys, self-reliant women and men, struggling to break out of their lonely lives and the emotional havoc of their families to make a connection, to build a life despite the odds. How to Be a Man falls within the tradition of Maile Meloy, Tom McGuane, and Annie Proulx.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Willow Words","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45497702121623,"sku":"9780991386703","price":953.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780991386703.webp?v=1767154926","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-man-9780991386703","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}