{"product_id":"9780771047787","title":"Against the Grain: An Irreverent View of Alberta","description":"\u003cp\u003eA contrarian view of Alberta and Albertans from the outspoken and often controversial former \u003ci\u003eCalgary Herald\u003c\/i\u003e columnist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2005, Alberta celebrates its centenary: a hundred-year stretch that has seen the province catapulted from being little more than thinly populated grassland and mountain to one of Canada’s richest provinces, one with a fair claim to being perpetually misunderstood. Albertans, of course, are passionate about their province, even when to outsiders the sentiment is baffling. For instance, can a liberal feminist like renowned columnist Catherine Ford find happiness in a right-wing, neo-conservative province? The short form of Ford’s answer is “Yes, I can. But . . .” The long version is the intimate, revealing, entertaining, and opinionated picture of the province she paints in \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Grain\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the surface, the province is monolithic in its politics, anti-gay, anti-feminist, anti-choice in its opinions, and macho in its demeanour. But Ford shows that this is a lopsided, outsider’s view of Alberta, and to prove it she takes readers on a tour from Calgary to Banff and Jasper, Fort McMurray, Edmonton, and beyond, pointing out the good, the bad, and the plain bewildering. Tough-minded but loving, \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Grain\u003c\/i\u003e gives outsiders the real goods on Alberta in this, its centenary year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025892393200,"sku":"9780771047787","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780771047787_p0.jpg?v=1763662580","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780771047787","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}