{"product_id":"ash-tuesday-paperback","title":"Ash Tuesday - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAriadne Blayde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn New Orleans, the dead talk and the living listen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiving ghost tours on the decaying streets of the French Quarter isn't exactly a high-profile career, but the guides at Spirits of Yore Haunted Tours are too strange and troubled to do anything else. They call themselves Quarter Rats, a group of outcasts and dreamers and goths who gather in hole-in-the-wall bars to bicker, spin yarns, and search for belonging in the wee hours of the night after the tourists have staggered home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the ghost stories they tell, their own haunted lives come into focus. Like the city they call home, these tour guides are messy with contradiction: they suffer joyfully, live morbidly, and sin to find salvation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving together real New Orleans folklore with the lives of eleven unforgettably vibrant characters, \u003cem\u003eAsh Tuesday \u003c\/em\u003eis a love letter to America's last true bohemia and the people, both dead and living, who keep its heart beating. With her debut, Blayde has carved out a deep and uber-readable interpretation of what it means to live, love, and grieve in New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"There's something about New Orleans. Maybe you can trace it to Latin America or the Caribbean or maybe not, maybe you can't define it at all. The divine? The diabolical? I don't know what to call it. But there's magic, here.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744461295679,"sku":"9781953932099","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3e7b9890d2499c87601cb181dca389da.webp?v=1765168302","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ash-tuesday-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}