Following the fantastic success of his bestselling memoir, Where I Belong, Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle returns with a hilarious, heartwarming account of leaving Newfoundland and discovering Canada for the first time.
ALAN DOYLE is a Canadian musician and actor, best known as a lead singer in the Canadian folk-rock band Great Big Sea. Doyle's first book,Where I Belong, published in 2014, was a national bestseller, and in 2015, Doyle released his second solo album,So Let's Go. Doyle lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.
National Bestseller
"Doyle is an engaging and gifted storyteller who has penned a
laugh-out-loud, insightful, heartwarming and enjoyable tale of his
first journey across Canada. . . . His curiosity and enthusiasm to
explore the country is contagious, and allows us to see snippets of
Canada through his eyes almost as though we were seeing it
ourselves for the first time. . . . Uplifting, funny and hard to
put down, A Newfoundlander in Canada is like a whiff of fresh ocean
air." —Winnipeg Free Press
"A fun step-by-step trip from tightly packed tiny taverns to
concerts for thousands and all the bumpy road gigs in-between."
—Vancouver Sun
"This peppy memoir of a life on the road and at home finds Alan
Doyle, singer-songwriter and erstwhile front man for Great Big Sea,
in fine form. . . . Doyle has an eye for details, an ear for a good
story and a well-honed ability to play out a yarn of his own. . . .
He is deft enough to bring a light and comedic touch to the telling
[of his stories]." —Atlantic Books
"Newfoundland's streets and highways are as random and surprising
as the man himself. Maybe his routes are his roots. What amazes me,
is for all he has seen and done, Alan Doyle has never put another
human being down. You won't be able to put him down either. You
will get lost on his account. Lost on a brilliant journey in a
remarkable book." —Ron MacLean, host of Hockey Night in Canada
"A laugh-riot kitchen party on wheels that will make you fall in
love with Canada all over again. Alan Doyle's heart is as big as
his talent." —Denise Donlon, media executive and author of Fearless
as Possible (Under the Circumstances)
"Doyle's effortless storytelling will have you on his side from the
first page. He writes like he sings: with a sincerity and a love of
life that is infectious. As you read this book, you’ll fall in love
with Canada for the first time again, even if you've lived here all
your life. A Newfoundlander in Canada is like the country
itself—much bigger than you first realize and filled to the brim
with optimism, laughter, and wide-eyed wonder. As we say in
Newfoundland, 'it's wicked.'" —Mark Critch, comedian and cast
member on This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Praise for Where I Belong:
• "Excellent adventure. I feel like I've lived another's
life." —Russell Crowe, actor/musician
• "As Great Big Sea's frontman, Alan Doyle is exuberant,
irreverent, hilariously funny and a heart-on-the-sleeve
Newfoundlander. As a writer, he's all that and a bag of chips.
Doyle's description of growing up on the hills and wharves of old
world Petty Harbour is intimate, saucy and note-perfect. In his own
words: Deadly." —Michael Crummey, award-winning author of
Galore
• "Alternately laugh-out-loud funny, tearfully nostalgic and
stunningly beautiful, the stories in Where I Belong have nothing to
do with the famous and everything to do with the legendary. . . .
The beating heart of life itself runs through this book."
—Huffington Post
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