{"title":"Diane Wishart","description":"Diane Wishart is the author of The rose that grew from concrete: Teaching and learning with disenfranchised youth,  published by the University of Alberta Press. For this work Diane interviewed many at-risk students in an urban high school, young people who have fallen between the cracks in the public school system. What she discovered weren't statistics, but teens and their experiences, needs, and personalities. Diane's work with young people also informed the narrative published in Case studies in educational foundations: Canadian perspectives, published by Oxford University Press.","products":[{"product_id":"smeg-paperback","title":"Smeg - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in the wintery backdrop of Edmonton, fans of Louise Penny's \u003ci\u003eThe Three Pines Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e series will enjoy this quirky, cozy-adjacent detective story of Detective Smeg pulled back on duty for one last case. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormer detective and perpetual grouch Charlie Smeg is old-at least that's the way he feels-and newly retired from the Edmonton Police. He's washed up, burnt out, and unappreciated by younger cops clawing for his job. He'd been a good detective but methods change, times change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe's looking forward to a life of solitude, a good book, and staying indoors during the winter months. Unfortunately, his former boss has other plans. He's not even a week out of the job when she asks him to mentor rising star Meaghan Byatt-one of those upstart detectives-on her first case in the homicide department. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe case is an odd one from the get-go, enough that Smeg decides, against his better judgment, to help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a jobless stepson living at home who won't stop encouraging him to get with the times, and his growing fondness for Byatt making him begrudgingly look forward to human interaction, this case might be what Smeg needs to get back in the game.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102181953759,"sku":"9781998672127","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/V-QU74Zapz9781998672127.webp?v=1781079097"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/diane-wishart.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}