{"product_id":"the-ones-who-dont-say-they-love-you-stories","title":"The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories","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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Maurice 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\r","brand":"Maurice Carlos Ruffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44441614876908,"sku":"9780593133415","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780593133415.jpg?v=1708836021","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/the-ones-who-dont-say-they-love-you-stories","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}