{"subtitle": "a novel", "title": "Two girls, fat and thin", "covers": [4028314], "first_sentence": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "I entered the strange world of Justine Shade via a message on the bulletin board in a laundromat filled with bitterness and the hot breath of dryers."}, "subject_places": ["United States"], "first_publish_date": "1991", "key": "/works/OL2717745W", "authors": [{"type": "/type/author_role", "author": {"key": "/authors/OL397754A"}}], "excerpts": [{"excerpt": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "I entered the strange world of Justine Shade via a message on the bulletin board in a laundromat filled with bitterness and the hot breath of dryers."}, "page": "First sentence"}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Fiction", "Adult child abuse victims", "Women", "Fiction, general", "United states, fiction"], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Reissued to coincide with the paperback publication of \"Because They Wanted To\" this captivating novel shimmers with dark intensity and wicked wit. In a stunning synthesis of eroticism, rage, pathos, and humor, Gaitskill's \"fine storyteller's pace and brilliant metaphors\" (\"The New York Times Book Review\") create a haunting and unforgettable journey into the dark side of contemporary life and the deepest recesses of the soul. -- Amazon.com."}, "latest_revision": 10, "revision": 10, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-10T00:17:25.488733"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-11-29T09:57:36.895095"}}