{"product_id":"the-quiet-parts-kevin-haslam-9781732366886","title":"The Quiet Parts: Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Quiet Parts\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of stories about what happens in the pauses-between decisions, between paychecks, between the words we mean and the words we settle for. Set in a Rhode Island (and adjacent New England) that feels both intimate and unyielding, these narratives move through clinics and kitchens, bars and boundary lines, offices and nursing homes-places where ordinary life quietly sharpens into something else. A young man stares at grout lines and learns what dignity costs. A receptionist at an overburdened clinic tries to help a mother navigate paperwork that behaves like a maze. A move-out inspection becomes a moral trial. An open mic night turns kindness into a performance and cruelty into entertainment. A neighbor disputes a property line until \"mine\" and \"yours\" begin to feel like threats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with lyrical precision and an eye for the small, consequential details people miss until it's too late, \u003cem\u003eThe Quiet Parts\u003c\/em\u003e explores power, shame, tenderness, and survival-how we carry what we can't say out loud, and how the world keeps asking us to prove we deserve care. These stories don't shout for attention; they do something braver: they listen, closely, to the human heart under pressure-and to the silence where the truth often lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Haslam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1732366888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732366886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Calling Field Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57d","brand":"Kevin Haslam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520241119487,"sku":"9781732366886","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_deeda1fd-f3a9-4697-845f-accd252770f9.jpg?v=1778741586","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-quiet-parts-kevin-haslam-9781732366886","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}