{"product_id":"9781998441457","title":"Little River Bridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGerald Humphries, better known as Hump, is a one-armed former army medic with a dark past. As a rum-runner who first transported illegal alcohol and then infants across the Detroit River, he lives on the edge of the law. When he meets and marries Polly, a prostitute from Detroit, together they become saviours to women in Canada, helping them with unwanted pregnancies and avoiding scrutiny from the authorities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnder questionable circumstances, Sister Brigid has been transferred from Montreal to teach at Our Lady Parish school in Ojibwa, a small town in South Western Ontario along the Detroit River. When she meets Hump, now older and widowed, an alcoholic janitor living in the Back-End of Ojibwa, their paths collide in a way that could send them both to prison.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether, Sister Brigid and Hump take on the task of ‘saving’, while others—Gran, Collette, Melissa, and her best friend Anita have their own complex lives to live and decisions to make.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in Canada during the years of Prohibition, back-street abortions, and baby trafficking, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLittle River Bridge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e connects the lives of those in the Back-End with those In-Town, where occurrences on one side have long-standing implications for the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a book that will stay with you long after you have reached the last page.\" - Nino Ricci, award-winning author and Member of the Order of Canada\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dorothy Jane Kavanaugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback | 2026-07-01","offer_id":50857700819199,"sku":"9781998441457","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/81IDx1Yi2-L._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1793318521","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781998441457","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}