The Underworld
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“Paul Michael Garcia narrates this fictionalized account of the aftermath of a real-life 1970s underground fire that killed 91 miners. With a sense of detachment, Garcia keeps the emotions close to his chest and the action and observations close to the bone…It’s a very American story, and Garcia’s reading is as hard, dark, and honest as the mountains that the townsfolk depend on. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
Library Journal Notable Book of Best Adult Books for Teens
Shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Award
Kevin Canty tells a story based on a real incident that begins with a disastrous fire in an isolated silver-mining town in Idaho in the 1970s. Everyone in town had a friend, lover, brother, or a husband killed in the mine. The Underworld traces the lives of the handful of survivors and their loved ones—a young widow with twin children, a college student trying to make a life for himself in another town, a life-long hard-rock miner—as they struggle to come to terms with the loss. It’s a tough, hardworking, hard-drinking town, a town of prostitutes and priests and bar fights, but nobody is tough enough to get through this undamaged.
This is a powerful and unforgettable tale about small-town lives and the healing power of love in the midst of suffering.
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