{"product_id":"twenty-sixbooks","title":"Twenty-Six","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen disaster strikes a Nova Scotia mine, killing twenty-six men, a town and a family are changed irrevocably. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eShifting back and forth in time, Leo McKay Jr.'s unflinching, bestselling work of Atlantic Canadian fiction excavates the rich interior lives of the men and women of the Burrows family: Ziv and Arvel, brothers drawn back to the mine where their ancestors toiled; their father, Ennis, a former union organizer whose body is failing him; Ziv's ex-girlfriend, Meta, who is attempting to start over in Japan; and Arvel's wife, Jackie, who leaves her husband's drinking and volatile temper behind for a better life in Halifax.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the aftermath of the explosion and ensuing investigation, \u003ci\u003eTwenty-six\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"cleanly crafted, richly evocative portrait of a community of families\" (\u003ci\u003eVancouver Sun\u003c\/i\u003e), inspired in part by the tragic Westray mining disaster. This critically acclaimed work, now back in print for a new generation, lays bare the complexities of intergenerational trauma, industrial violence, and the universal human struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leo McKay Jr.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ Local NEW","offer_id":53822775066848,"sku":"9781774715390","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_aaa56279-6b06-4103-b87f-b5da5f7a0ebb.jpg?v=1786028228","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/twenty-sixbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}