{"product_id":"the-second-historybooks","title":"The Second History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA novel of haunting beauty and ominous suspense, \u003ci\u003eThe Second History\u003c\/i\u003e is a post-apocalyptic love story about a young couple embarking on a journey to understand, for the first time, what they've been hiding from all their lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in a barren, altered future world, Eban has lived in hiding all his life without ever understanding why. After his mother's death, he retreated into the northern Appalachians with Judy, the only other woman he has ever known.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as the years passed and Judy suffered multiple miscarriages, she began to wonder what happened to the cities their parents fled, where a strange sickness is said to have spread among those who stayed behind. To stop the headstrong woman he loves from leaving the safety of the hills to travel to the cities, Eban convinces Judy instead to set out on a journey to the fabled colony of the original mountain settlers, where he promises her they'll find the answers she seeks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow expecting a child once again, Judy and Eban begin their climb deep into the mountains. Along the way, the people they encounter and the secrets they uncover will threaten their lives and the ties between them, further complicating what they know of the world beyond the mountains and of each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in a far-flung time and place that begin to feel increasingly familiar, \u003ci\u003eThe Second History\u003c\/i\u003e explores the devastating effects of environmental catastrophe on human relationships. It is a story about the limits of our ability to know each other or understand the past . . . and about the courage it takes to invent the world again for those we love.","brand":"Slayter, Rebecca Silver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":44068552147168,"sku":"","price":14.97,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f1efaf20-5454-49da-a648-60931d804bdc.jpg?v=1687971821","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-second-historybooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}