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The stories follow the lives of men and women who grew up together in Fayton. Full of memorable characters from several generations, this story cycle evolves into a chronicle of a region and its characters. Through it, Crone meditates on the mix of history and spirit that shapes souls and creates community. From the perspectives of its various protagonists—white and black, male and female, young and old—we watch as Fayton comes to deal with the charged issues of race, feminism, southern traditions, and the unforeseen changes wrought by economics and technology. What Gets Into Us is a powerful story cycle that resonates as deeply as a classic novel. Moira Crone is the author of the novel Period of Confinement and two collections of short stories. Four of her stories have appeared in New Stories from the South: The Year's Best. 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While Claire's father remains too dazzled by his beautiful wife to recognize the impending dangers, Claire is left largely on her own to save herself and her baby sister--with mesmerizing and shocking consequences.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50088600502545,"sku":"CIN093211296XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51816703361297,"sku":"CIN093211296XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52740582801681,"sku":"NIN9780932112965","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/093211296X.jpg?v=1750980848"},{"product_id":"not-yet-book-moira-crone-9781608010721","title":"The Not Yet","description":"Praised for its political vision, literary voice, and environmental prescience, The Not Yet brings forth a searing vision of the future. Set in the ravaged and abandoned Gulf Coast in 2121, the author describes a world where the wealthy Heirs control  all of society's resources.  Through life extension, they can live hundreds of years. Outside, the poor barely survive. Malcolm de Lazarus, twenty, has been lucky --he's counting on joining the elite. But when his fortune mysteriously disappears, he must sail to the chaotic, abandoned New Orleans Islands for answers. On the way, he encounters the darkest side of Heirs' privilege, which threatens everything he knows and loves.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50187430953233,"sku":"CIN1608010724VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50253547340049,"sku":"GOR007334183","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51694932427025,"sku":"CIN1608010724G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1608010724.jpg?v=1751024516"},{"product_id":"dream-state-book-moira-crone-9781578060979","title":"Dream State","description":"Moira Crone's acclaimed book, Dream State (University Press of Mississippi now available in a $14.95 paperback and an $18.95 hardback) contains award-winning stories that radiate from the Louisana landscape and observe the twisted romance and fabulous ironies that resound in this fecund, steamy terrain. \"\"It's interesting to live in a place so many people dream about,\"\" Crone, professor of creative writing at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, says. \"\"Sometimes it's hard to live out your own dreams, maybe because it's hard to tell which dreams are yours.\"\" The New York Times Book Review says, \"\"Dream State successfully presents a fresh version of the deep South, one that is exotic without being either grotesque or romanticized.\"\" In the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Susan Larson says, \"\"Crone renders the place with an immigrant's clarity and an adopted daughter's solid affection. To read Dream State is to surrender to her spell, a powerful potion of beautiful humor, and keen insight.\"\" Crone writes with equal grace about failed movie stars, environmental lawyers, residents of the French Quarter, or models from uptown New Orleans. Her work explores politics, love, immigration, and marriage. Lee Smith characterizes her prose as \"\"precise and hallucinatory at the same time. Each of these wonderful tales is as complex as any novel, as vivid and fast and surprising as your life.\"\" Moira Crone, who lives in New Orleans, is also the author of the novel A Period of Confinement and the story collection The Winnebago Mysteries. In addition to magazines like the New Yorker, Mademoiselle, and Family Circle, her stories have appeared in Best New Stories from the South and New Stories from Southern Women.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50306034270481,"sku":"CIN1578060974G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1578060974.jpg?v=1750761680"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-moira-crone.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}