{"product_id":"pure-ox-by-mateo-askaripour","title":"Pure Ox by Mateo Askaripour","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTE: This title releases on January 5th, 2027. If preordering, you may select pickup or delivery. Pickups can occur any time during normal business hours, which do not include Tuesdays. (So you'd be picking up a day later.) If you select delivery, books will ship ON release day, not FOR release day. Thanks for your understanding!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Mateo Askaripour is a writer of deep talent, great range, great skill, and very funny! What a pleasure to read his work.”—James McBride,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Heaven and Earth Grocery Store\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Buck\u003c\/em\u003e: a dazzling, inspiring novel about an ordinary sanitation worker whose dream of becoming a real writer comes true—until everything he’s worked so hard for begins to crumble\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou’ve never noticed Ox, but Ox has noticed you. Waking before sunrise, he works long hours loading a nineteen-ton collection truck that he and his friend and shift partner, La Reina, drive along the streets of Brooklyn. He fiercely loves his job and being of service to others, but his biggest dream has always been to be a writer—to write one good book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOx’s dream meets reality when he discovers that a high-powered literary agent has moved into a house on his pick-up route, and La Reina convinces him to leave a copy of his manuscript on her doorstep. Soon, Ox is being wined and dined by every major publisher, fighting to make sense of an industry that wants what he has, even if it doesn’t exactly welcome him with open arms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut when sanitation workers go on strike, Ox is forced to contend with the steep price of success and whether the duty we have to others is stronger than our duty to ourselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrimming with hope and humor, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePure Ox\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an unforgettable story centered around one question: How can we make the most of our lives and not waste a second?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":58335420645542,"sku":"9798217178995","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/9798217178995.jpg?v=1794682594","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/pure-ox-by-mateo-askaripour","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}