{"product_id":"the-canal-bridge-a-novel-of-ireland-love-and-the-first-world-war-9781628723144","title":"The Canal Bridge: A Novel of Ireland  Love  and the First World War","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1913  before there is a rumor of war in Europe  two lifelong friends from Ballyrannel in the Irish midlands  Matthias Matt Wrenn and Con Hatchel  decide to see the world at the expense of the king of England and join the British army. A year later  while en route to India  their troop ship is recalled and they find themselves in the slaughterhouse that was World War I. As stretcher bearers  the two men witness the horrors of the battlefield and the waste of human life at the Somme  Ypres  and Passchendaele. Meanwhile  back home in Ireland  Cons sister and Matts lover  Kitty Hatchel  yearns for their safe return and reminds them of their carefree childhood on the banks of the local canal  as well as their hopes for the future.  Brilliantly and movingly narrated as a chorus of voices from the communityMatt  Con  Kitty  and othersThe Canal Bridge tells the story of how the young men take Ballyrannel to war with them  and the many ways they bring the wars devastation home. At wars end  the Ireland the friends left in 1913 no longer exists  for the Rising against the British in 1916 has changed everything. In a land now riven with sectarian tensions and mounting bloodshed unfolds the love story of Matt and Kitty.  Skyhorse Publishing  as well as our Arcade  Yucca  and Good Books imprints  are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionnovels  novellas  political and medical thrillers  comedy  satire  historical fiction  romance  erotic and love stories  mystery  classic literature  folklore and mythology  literary classics including Shakespeare  Dumas  Wilde  Cather  and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller  we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67600511238197,"sku":"ByrdShop_1628723149","price":50.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781628723144.jpg?v=1790972979","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-canal-bridge-a-novel-of-ireland-love-and-the-first-world-war-9781628723144","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}