{"product_id":"lost-in-cabbagetown-terry-burke-9781459750784","title":"Lost in Cabbagetown: A Memoir of Surviving Boyhood in 1960s Toronto","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poignant memoir of a rough-and-tumble boyhood on the streets of Toronto's Cabbagetown.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Burke family left Ireland, in 1959, they thought they were leaving the trials and tribulations of the Dublin slums behind. Instead, Molly, Bill, and their nine children found the same poverty and hardship awaiting them in the east end of Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor their sixth-born son, Terry, growing up in Cabbagetown was a daily struggle to survive. Whether it was the bullies on the street or the gangs in Regent Park, fights were an everyday occurrence. School should have been a refuge, but some of the priests and nuns were more terrifying than any street bully. The only escape for Terry was to find his way down into the Don Valley, where he could search the river for muskrat or imagine himself escaping on one of the freight trains, chucking north, up the valley floor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut a childhood in Cabbagetown didn't seem to last very long. Forced into adulthood and driven from home in the wake of tragedy, Terry struggled to survive on his own and find a way back to his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this touching memoir, Terry Burke tells a poignant story of hunger, pain, love, and loss, and the enduring bonds of family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terry Burke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1459750780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459750784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Terry Burke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372546478335,"sku":"9781459750784","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc66aa83-9c6c-4d47-8249-2e490f0fc88d.jpg?v=1732726265","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lost-in-cabbagetown-terry-burke-9781459750784","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}