Pea soup for the Newfoundland soul / Grandpa Pike.
Pea soup for the Newfoundland soul / Grandpa Pike.
By
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Grandpa Pike, 1944-
Publication Date
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2020
Publication Information
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St. John's : Flanker Press,
Physical Description
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221 p. : ill.
Geographic Term
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
Summary
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You won’t know what’s in Newfoundland pea soup until the host starts dishing it out. It may have bits of turnip, potato, carrot, ham bones, chunks of salt beef, or dumplings—along with split yellow peas. If unexpected guests arrive, simply add a bit more water. Grandpa Pike’s Pea Soup for the Newfoundland Soul is like that. You’ll find satire, hope, humour, sadness, despair, love, and inspiration as he takes you on the emotional roller coaster that has been his life. 'I guarantee you will find a good portion of ham,' says the author—his tongue planted firmly in his cheek. These are short pieces—easy reads, suitable for reading while waiting for your flight, or after the kids are in bed and you finally have the bathroom to yourself, or while in a two-mile-long lineup for the Port aux Basques ferry during a three-day windstorm. Get comfortable, lean back, and then go hitchhiking with Grandpa in the 1960s, when he got a ride from a lady preacher, a trucker, and a guy in a red corvette on his way to Mexico, or let him tell you of his encounter with 'the man from Glad,' his worst job interview, his failed attempt at a leveraged buyout of the Bank of Nova Scotia, or about the youngsters sitting at the kitchen table, looking out at the stormy night while waiting for that very last boat to come in through the Narrows—their dad’s. You’ll laugh or cry, but you won’t be bored as Grandpa Pike rollicks his way through his wins and losses on topics as diverse as pets, religion, annoying people, the good old days, hockey, graduation, airport bars, lawyers, doctors, and the three scariest words to an old-fashioned man—scarier even than 'hold my purse.'
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781771177917
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