Extreme Vinyl Cafe
by Stuart McLean
Release Date: Sept 29, 2009
I firmly believe that the Vinyl Cafe stories are part of the collective consciousness here in Canada, but for those of you not from this fair land (and for those of you who are but somehow have avoided hearing Dave Cooks the Turkey on CBC radio every Christmas), let me introduce you to the wonders of the Vinyl Cafe.
Stuart McLean is a fantastic storyteller (and, incidentally, a really nice guy) who has a radio show on CBC radio every Saturday morning. His shows include some fabulous Canadian music, but the highlight are his stories about a perfectly normal Canadian family: Dave and Morley, their kids Stephanie and Sam, and their neighbors and extended family. The books, not surprisingly, contain these stories.
I adored the latest book, as I have pretty much all of them. There were a few stories I’d heard before — Sam Goes Green and A Trip to Quebec — and a lot more that I hadn’t. I got to read all about Stephanie’s trip to London to visit Aunt Dorothy and her porcelain hedgehog collection, the funeral that sets Dave off on a quest to plan this own, and the summer of the epic waterslide. I laughed (long and hard) and I cried (literally.) I highly recommend it to pretty much anyone (also, all of his books make excellent Christmas gifts.)
Add A Comment