{"product_id":"9780990724841","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 Maryland. Far from their Western American roots, they cling to each other like exiles clutching a precious box of topsoil from the old country.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Boxford Stories\u003c\/em\u003e you will meet Ada Runyon who always turns to Ruthalin Feldsted when she needs an ear—sharing her deepest confidences, her everyday musings, and her bits of horrified gossip. Yet Ada dies inside whenever Ruthalin’s country-cousin manners poke out in public.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLatham Runyon, a history professor, and Erval Feldsted, a hospital engineer, bond every Sunday night over gooey desserts and vigorous religious discussion, a game their children call Stump the Rabbi. Underneath their balding heads and graying temples, each man desperately seeks a sign that God would choose him as a buddy.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Feldsted and Runyon children, running breathlessly through each other’s houses and backyards, have long considered each other substitute cousins. However, Ginni Runyon plots to change 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 to the other species.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLaugh, cry, and shake your head with the Runyons and Feldsteds as they make their way through the decade that brought us leisure suits and urban decay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ribbon Wand Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127841603824,"sku":"9780990724841","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780990724841_p0.jpg?v=1763889565","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780990724841","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}