{"product_id":"9780006394891","title":"Curse Of The Narrows","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCurse Of The Narrows\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Laura MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Dartmouth Book Award and a \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction, the J.W. Dafoe Book Prize, and the Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe events of the horrific Halifax explosion are well documented: on December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship \u003cem\u003eMont\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBlanc \u003c\/em\u003eand the Belgian relief ship \u003cem\u003eImo \u003c\/em\u003ecollide 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a sweeping narrative, \u003cem\u003eCurse of\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ethe Narrows \u003c\/em\u003etells 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“A powerful moving book . . . the definitive account of Halifax Explosion, written with elegance and authority.”\u003cbr\u003e“Reading \u003cem\u003eCurse of the Narrows\u003c\/em\u003e 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.”\u003cbr\u003e“The most complete account of the disaster so far. A very engaging history.”\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e“Powerful writing and even more tripping reading . . . . A first-rate page turner.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJ.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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780006394891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41085050945742,"sku":"9780006394891","price":16.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780006394891","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}