Curse Of The Narrows
Author(s): Laura MacDonald
Winner of the Dartmouth Book Award and a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year
Finalist for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction, the J.W. Dafoe Book Prize, and the Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award
National Bestseller
The events of the horrific Halifax explosion are well documented: on December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship Mont Blanc and the Belgian relief ship Imo collide in the Halifax harbour. Nearly 2,000 people are killed; over 9,000 more are injured. The story of one of the world’s worst non-natural disasters has been told before, but never like this.
In a sweeping narrative, Curse of the Narrows tells a tale of ordinary people in an extraordinary situation, retracing the steps of survivors through the wreckage of a city destroyed, told by an author who grew up in Halifax, and whose grandmother survived the explosion.
Review(s):
“A powerful moving book . . . the definitive account of Halifax Explosion, written with elegance and authority.”
“Reading Curse of the Narrows is not unlike following coverage of Hurricane Katrina: the account of the initial disaster holds us riveted . . . there is a present-day resonance to all parts of this tale.”
“The most complete account of the disaster so far. A very engaging history.”
“Meticulously crafted, perfectly assembled . . . . Laura M. Mac Donald is a genius of a researcher and a demon of a writer, and the achievement of her marvelous book will last for as long as our memory of this most terrible event.”
“A rich and engrossing read that brings to life not only the spectacular and tragic event, but an entire world that was also shifting, transforming, and, yes, exploding.”
“Powerful writing and even more tripping reading . . . . A first-rate page turner.”
J.W. Dafoe Book Prize, Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award (Non-Fiction), Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year, Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction
ISBN: 9780006394891