{"product_id":"9781466856325","title":"How It Was for Me: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the title story of this collection,  neighborhood boys crouch in a backyard toolshed, and conspire to prove their piano teachers to be witches.  In \"Cannibal Kings,\" a disillusioned young man accompanies a troubled boy on a tour of prep schools through the Pacific Northwest, only to realize that he has lost his way in life.  And in \"Come Live With Me And Be My Love,\" a middle-aged gentleman looks back at his mannered early life as a Ivy Leaguer, married to a vivacious woman but silently yearning for his best friend -- and the sacrifices that each made to uphold their compromising bargain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a classic storyteller's gift for nuance and understanding, and a poet's grace for language, Andrew Sean Greer makes a remarkable debut with \u003ci\u003eHow It Was For Me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141304172784,"sku":"9781466856325","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466856325_p0.jpg?v=1769891586","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466856325","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}