Rope Burns: Stories From The Corner

The Story

In this hard-hitting collection of powerful and moving tales, F.X. Toole breathes life into vivid, compelling characters who radiate the fierce intensity of the worlds they inhabit:An aging cut man with an incorrigible sweet toothFearless Maggie Fitzgerald and her quest to become a champion boxerSeñora Cabrera who makes low-fat refried beans to keep a local fighter in top form