{"product_id":"2940152947083","title":"The Boxford Stories: a Short Story Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the world of the Runyons and the Feldsteds, two Mormon families in 1970s\u003cbr\u003eMaryland. Far from their Western American roots, they cling to each other like exiles clutching a\u003cbr\u003eprecious box of topsoil from the old country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Boxford Stories you will meet Ada Runyon who always turns to Ruthalin Feldsted when\u003cbr\u003eshe needs an ear—sharing her deepest confidences, her everyday musings, and her bits of\u003cbr\u003ehorrified gossip. Yet Ada dies inside whenever Ruthalin’s country-cousin manners poke out in\u003cbr\u003epublic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLatham Runyon, a history professor, and Erval Feldsted, a hospital engineer, bond every Sunday\u003cbr\u003enight over gooey desserts and vigorous religious discussion, a game their children call Stump the\u003cbr\u003eRabbi. Underneath their balding heads and graying temples, each man desperately seeks a sign\u003cbr\u003ethat God would choose him as a buddy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Feldsted and Runyon children, running breathlessly through each other’s houses and\u003cbr\u003ebackyards, have long considered each other substitute cousins. However, Ginni Runyon plots to\u003cbr\u003echange herself from the girl next door to the girl Marc Feldsted can’t live without.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when Boxford’s Mormons mix with the rest of the town, everybody could use a field guide\u003cbr\u003eto the other species.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaugh, cry, and shake your head with the Runyons and Feldsteds as they make their way through\u003cbr\u003ethe decade that brought us leisure suits and urban decay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kristen Carson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070002872560,"sku":"2940152947083","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152947083_p0.jpg?v=1764026187","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152947083","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}