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Adventures in Solitude

What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound

by (author) Grant Lawrence

Publisher
Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
Initial publish date
Oct 2010
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550175141
    Publish Date
    Oct 2010
    List Price
    $26.95
  • CD-Audio

    ISBN
    9781550175929
    Publish Date
    Apr 2012
    List Price
    $26.95

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About the author

Grant Lawrence is an award-winning author, CBC personality, singer, columnist and live event host. He is the author of three best-selling books for adults: Adventures in Solitude (2010), The Lonely End of the Rink (2013), and Dirty Windshields (2017). Bailey the Bat and the Tangled Moose, his first children's picture book, was released in 2021. Grant Lawrence is the first author in the history of the BC Book Prizes to win the Bill Duthie Booksellers Choice twice. Grant is also the host of the CBC Music Top 20, the lead singer of The Smugglers, a Canadian Screen Award winner, and a columnist for the North Shore News and Powell River Peak. He is also a goalie for the Vancouver Flying Vees beer league hockey team. Grant Lawrence is married to musician Jill Barber and they live in Vancouver with their two children, Josh and Grace. Return to Solitude is Grant's long-awaited sequel to Adventures in Solitude.

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Awards

  • Short-listed, Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
  • Winner, Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award–BC Book Prize
  • Short-listed, Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
  • Short-listed, Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize--BC Book Prize

Librarian Reviews

Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories From Desolation Sound

This is an hilarious, occasionally sobering collection of short essays from Lawrence’s youth spent most holidays at his family cabin in Desolation Sound. Lawrence reveals the stories behind peculiar characters and local legends such as Mack the Knife and Russell the Hermit. He also explores the unique culture of and insiders’ tips to living in the Sound. Includes a recommended reading and listening list.

Vancouver-based writer Lawrence is a prolific podcaster, music journalist and CBC Radio host.

Caution: References to alcohol and drug use, and a neighbour’s nudity may offend some readers.

Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. BC Books for BC Schools. 2011-2012.