{"product_id":"9780593133408","title":"The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eEDITORS’ CHOICE • A collection of raucous stories that offer a “vibrant and true mosaic” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) of New Orleans, from the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eWe Cast a Shadow \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ERNEST J. GAINES AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—\u003ci\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Gun, Electric Lit\u003c\/i\u003e • “Every sentence is both something that makes you want to laugh in a gut-wrenching way and threatens to break your heart in a way that you did not anticipate.”—Robert Jones, Jr., author of \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003ehe Prophets\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eMaurice Carlos Ruffin has an uncanny ability to reveal the hidden corners of a place we thought we knew. These perspectival, character-driven stories center on the margins and are deeply rooted in New Orleanian culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn “Beg Borrow Steal,” a boy relishes time spent helping his father find work after coming home from prison; in “Ghetto University,” a couple struggling financially turns to crime after hitting rock bottom; in “Before I Let Go,” a woman who’s been in NOLA for generations fights to keep her home; in “Fast Hands, Fast Feet,” an army vet and a runaway teen find companionship while sleeping under a bridge; in “Mercury Forges,” a flash fiction piece among several in the collection, a group of men hurriedly make their way to an elderly gentleman’s home, trying to reach him before the water from Hurricane Katrina does; and in the title story, a young man works the street corners of the French Quarter, trying to achieve a freedom not meant for him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese stories are intimate invitations to hear, witness, and imagine lives at once regional but largely universal, and undeniably New Orleanian, written by a lifelong resident of New Orleans and one of our finest new writers.","brand":"Maurice Carlos Ruffin","offers":[{"title":"Random House Publishing Group |  Hardback  |  2021-08-17","offer_id":44151473406207,"sku":"9780593133408","price":35.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_9e32be41-88ed-4bcc-8ad7-f097de88ed26.jpg?v=1636690863","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780593133408","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}