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ISBN13: 9781770866713
Publisher: Cormorant Books
Published: Jun 17 2023
Pages: 327
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.99 Width: 5.62 Depth: 8.43
Language: English
A gem of a novel. -- Terry Fallis, two-time winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour
Stephen Millburn moved halfway across the country, from Ottawa to Victoria, to fulfill his dream of being an early-morning radio host, but he's barely holding it together. Trying to balance parental duties (he and his wife have a newborn son) with his work schedule leaves Stephen running on coffee fumes and falling asleep at the most inconvenient times, including mid-broadcast.
Stephen treads a narrow path at CIFU. When he arrived, the station ranked dead last in ratings. Months into his new hosting position, his show and the station are growing in popularity. He's something of a golden boy -- but he's a golden boy with a passion for good journalism, which leads him to pursue a story about an encampment of unhoused people on the lawns of the city's court house.
Bleeding heart liberalism is not the stuff that Mr. George Caulfeild, station owner, believes his new audience wants to hear at eight a.m. and Stephen finds himself in a seriously conflicted position. He needs this job to support his growing family and pay down his crippling mortgage, but he knows this exposé is ethically and politically important -- and it's a journalist's dream story. Will he be able to pull it all together or is he heading for a downfall?
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