{"product_id":"twenty-six-leo-mckay-jr-9781774715390","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 \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 \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo McKay Jr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1774715392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774715390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vagrant Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Leo McKay Jr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447356174591,"sku":"9781774715390","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_486c8050-cbfc-4f7c-aab3-ad4606bbedac.jpg?v=1777230555","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/twenty-six-leo-mckay-jr-9781774715390","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}