{"product_id":"9781770898493","title":"Like This: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe A List edition of Leo McKay’s superb collection. Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, \u003cem\u003eLike This\u003c\/em\u003e takes you inside small-town Nova Scotia to expose the troubles that lie at its heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a fictional town called Albion Mines, (the old name for author Leo McKay's home town of Stellarton), \u003cem\u003eLike This\u003c\/em\u003e offers a gripping, and at times frightening, look at small-town Nova Scotia life. These superb stories are startling and often disturbing, filled with complexity and power. McKay portrays characters with astonishing depth and dead-on emotional rightness. The world is not fair in these stories. There is pain, abuse, solitude; but somehow there is also hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a new introduction by Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author Lynn Coady.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Anansi Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149967016176,"sku":"9781770898493","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770898493_p0.jpg?v=1763706642","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770898493","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}