{"product_id":"the-ones-who-dont-say-they-love-you","title":"The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eRuffin, Maurice Carlos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of raucous stories that offer a panoramic view of New Orleans from the author of the “stunning and audacious” (NPR) debut novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Cast a Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"src-ti\"\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 just coming home from prison; in “Ghetto University,” a couple struggling financially turns to crime after hitting rock bottom; in “Before I Let You 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 a home where an elderly gentleman lives, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStory Locale:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"src-ti\"\u003eNew Orleans, LA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Stick Reads","offers":[{"title":"hardcover","offer_id":42472154005737,"sku":"9780593133408","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/products\/9780593133408_e965a.jpg?v=1644623285","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/the-ones-who-dont-say-they-love-you","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}