"Maile Meloy's impressive "Both Ways Is the Only Way It hides no cubic zirconias among diamonds. The stories are all lustrous, the language as pristine as a lake in Montana, where several of them are set...Order or disorder? Cold or warmth? Freedom or safety?Such conflicts converge in a perfect storm of ambivalence, self-justification, and blind hope. Has ever a title been a more perfect match to its content? Meloy's characters want it both ways...We readers, however, get to have it all. We can dip into the collection savoring one delicious morsel at time or devour the whole book in a single sitting. In the gifted hands of this story-teller, treats abound." The Boston Globe