*National Bestseller
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One of Newfoundland's funniest and most beloved storytellers offers his
cure for the Covid blues.
Is there a more sociable province than Newfoundland and Labrador? Or
anywhere in Canada with a greater reputation for coming to the rescue of
those in need?
At this time of Covid, singer, songwriter and bestselling author Alan
Doyle is feeling everyone's pain. Off the road and spending more days at
home than he has since he was a child hawking cod tongues on the wharfs
of Petty Harbour, he misses the crowds and companionship of performing
across the country and beyond. But most of all he misses the cheery
clamour of pubs in his hometown, where one yarn follows another so
quickly you have to be as ready as an Olympian at the start line to get
your tale in before someone is well into theirs already. We're all
experiencing our own version of that deprivation, and Alan, one of
Newfoundland's finest storytellers, wants to offer a little balm.
All Together Now is a gathering in book form--a virtual Newfoundland
pub. There are adventures in foreign lands, including an apparently
filthy singalong in Polish (well, he would have sung along if he'd
understood the language), a real-life ghost story involving an elderly
neighbour, a red convertible and a clown horn, a potted history of his
social drinking, and heartwarming reminiscences from another past world,
childhood--all designed to put a smile on the faces of the
isolated-addled.
Alan Doyle has never been in better form--nor more welcome. As he says
about this troubling time: We get through it. We do what has to be done.
Then, we celebrate. With the best of them.
