The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships..., Ali Bryan
The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships..., Ali Bryan
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The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships
A Novel

Author: Ali Bryan

Narrator: Erin Moon, Christina Traister, Tanya Eby, Alex Perone, Pierre Simpson

Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/25/2023

Synopsis

A prison escape, a bear on the loose, botched lyrics. What more could go wrong with Crow Valley’s most anticipated night of the year?A year after forest fires ravaged the town of Crow Valley and claimed the life of Dale Jepson―karaoke legend, local prison guard, and all-around good guy―the community hosts a high-stakes karaoke competition. But when a convicted murderer escapes from nearby Crow Valley Correctional, residents discover there’s more on the line than local, perhaps even national, karaoke fame. In this darkly comedic, fast-paced ride through an unforgettable small town, five residents with intimate connections to Dale and drastically different goals for the night will collide into, conspire with, and aid one another as they scramble to make it successfully through the evening under the scrutinizing watch of neighbors. To the soundtrack of classics belted out with abandon, voices will crack, cars will be stolen, marriages will falter, and kids will slip away in search of trouble. And maybe, just maybe, lives will be transformed for the better.

About Ali Bryan

Ali Bryan's first novel, Roost, won the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and was the official selection of One Book Nova Scotia 2014. Her second novel, The Figgs, was released in May 2018. Her nonfiction has been shortlisted for the Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Prize and longlisted for the CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize. She is a 2018 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Emerging Artist recipient. She lives with her family in Calgary, Alberta, where she divides her time between writing and mastering the flying armbar. Her thirteen-year-old daughter is a competitive wrestler and inspired the fight sequences in The Hill.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Blaine on July 19, 2023

Canadian author Ali Bryan has a real winner in her newest novel that centers on Karoak e. This book, all of which takes place on the night of the regional Karoake Championships is centered not so much on Karaoke as it is on the lives of those who are involved in this event. The author uses this event......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on October 24, 2022

A delightful read! It’s been compared aptly to Schitt’s Creek (though I see it more as the animated film Sing) and has the charm and entertainment of both. The story follows five protagonists - who are all connected to a recently deceased town hero - as they attend a karaoke competition in his honor......more

Goodreads review by Kristi on July 23, 2023

I won this book in the Goodreads Giveaways, so thank you to Goodreads, Henry Holt & Co., and Ali Bryan. I appreciate the opportunity to enjoy a new author, and I would explore other books by Ali Bryan. I finally settled on rounding up to 4 stars after contemplating exactly how I felt about this book......more

Goodreads review by Cassie on July 25, 2023

Like a closeted American Republican who fought against gay marriage while secretly blowing every gay man in his state, she fought her own identity; she fought motherhood with more motherhood. The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships follows five protagonists over the course of one evening as they pr......more

Goodreads review by Sam on December 21, 2022

*received an ARC of this novel via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Incredibly fun read! I would love to spend a day at the Crow Valley Karaoke Championships. The characters are wacky (not just the ones we get a POV of) and the story seemed very realistic discussing people in a small town w......more

Quotes

"This book has it all—it's hilarious, moving, bawdy, empathetic, and packed with beauty and insight. Readers will be cheering for every one of these characters, and this book is a reminder that there's always more than one kind of victory." —J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest"[A] madcap romp that will have you laughing all the way to the last page." —Good Housekeeping"[T]he antic and darkly comic latest from Bryan." —Publishers Weekly

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