Son of a critch : a childish Newfoundland memoir / Mark Critch.
Son of a critch : a childish Newfoundland memoir / Mark Critch.
By
:
Critch, Mark.
Publication Date
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2018
Publication Information
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[Canada] : Viking,
Physical Description
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317 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
Subject Term
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Television actors and actresses -- Canada -- Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Canada -- Biography.
Comedians -- Canada -- Biography.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.
Summary
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A hilarious story of family, getting into trouble, and finding one’s place in the world. What could be better than growing up in the 1980s? How about growing up in 1980s Newfoundland, which–as Mark Critch will tell you–was more like the 1960s. Take a trip to where it all began in this funny and warm look back on his formative years. Here we find a young Mark trick-or-treating at a used car lot, getting locked out of school on a fourth-floor window ledge, faking an asthma attack to avoid being arrested by military police, trying to buy beer from an untrustworthy cab driver, shocking his parents by appearing naked onstage–and much more. Best known as the “roving reporter” for CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Mark Critch has photo-bombed Justin Trudeau, interviewed Great Big Sea’s Alan Doyle (while impersonating Alan Doyle), offered Pamela Anderson a million dollars to stop acting, and crashed White House briefings. But, as we see in this playful debut, he’s been causing trouble his whole life. Son of a Critch captures the wonder and cluelessness of a kid trying to figure things out, but with the clever observations of an adult, and the combination is perfect.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780735235069
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Baie Verte | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Bay Roberts | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Bishop's Falls | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Bonavista | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Botwood | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Brigus | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Buchans | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Burgeo | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Burin | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Cape St. George | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Carbonear | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Carmanville | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Centreville | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Clarenville | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Codroy Valley | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Conception Bay South | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Corner Brook | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Cow Head | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Daniel's Harbour | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Deer Lake | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Gander | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Garnish | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Gaultois | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Glenwood | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Glovertown | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Harbour Breton | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Harbour Grace | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Hare Bay | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Harry's Harbour | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Hermitage | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Holyrood | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
L'Anse Au Loup | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Labrador City | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Lark Harbour | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Lewisporte | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Lumsden | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Musgrave Harbour - John B. Wheeler Public Library | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
New-Wes-Valley | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Norris Point | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Old Perlican | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Pasadena | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Placentia | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Point Leamington | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Port au Port | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Port aux Basques | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Pouch Cove | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Robert's Arm | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Rocky Harbour | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Springdale | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
St. Alban's | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
St. Anthony | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
St. Brides's | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
St. George's | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | ADULT BIO NL - BASEMENT OVERFLOW | Adult Biography NL - Basement Overflow | B C86 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Bio NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Biography NL Reference - NL Room | B C86 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Bio NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Biography NL Reference - Provincial Collection | B C86 |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult Bio NL Ref - NL Vault | Adult Biography NL Reference - NL Vault | B C86 |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
St. Lawrence | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Stephenville Crossing | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Summerford | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Torbay | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Trepassey | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Twillingate | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Victoria | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Wabush | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Whitbourne | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Winterton | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |
Woody Point | Adult Bio NL | Adult Biography NL | B C86 |