{"product_id":"borrowed-time-borrowed-road-richard-babb-9781970530094","title":"Borrowed Time Borrowed Road: Stories from the Mississippi Hills","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorrowed Time, Borrowed Road is a literary short story collection set in Mississippi and the American South. These fictional stories explore memory, race, violence, faith, loss, and moral consequence through characters shaped by personal history, regional culture, and the burdens of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross courtrooms, rural backroads, farms, cafés, and fading small towns, the collection moves through brutal confrontations, quiet reckonings, dark humor, and moments of philosophical reflection. Veterans, lawyers, families, working people, and marginalized voices populate these stories, each facing moral choices that echo across generations and social divides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with directness, depth, and a strong sense of place, Borrowed Time, Borrowed Road offers Southern literary fiction that is unflinching, psychologically perceptive, and deeply concerned with human nature. This short story collection will appeal to readers of literary fiction, regional fiction, and character-driven stories rooted in the complexities of the modern South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Babb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 197053009X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781970530094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Waldenhouse Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Richard Babb","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48853017035007,"sku":"9781970530094","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/borrowed-time-borrowed-road-richard-babb-9781970530094","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}