An Evening with Birdy O'Day
An Evening with Birdy O'Day
Ryan Woods
, Tanya Blake
, Elaine Grandon
, Dawn Macdonald
, cassandra schiemann
, Brad MULLER
, Jude Castillo
, Mitchell Schmidt
, Janet Miller
, Marilyn Stanley
, Rodney Cross
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Beth Dekoker
, Laurie Burns
, Dot Mann
, Martine Fabris
, Vaishnavi Shanoj
, Sandra Bales
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Sharon Forzley
, Bronya Mazereeuw
, Sandra Lackie
, Chris Carvalho
, Rosa Cross
, Brittney Warren
, toni velthuis
, Joshua Lewis
, Cheryl Johnson
, Sandra Furlotte
, Susan Fitzgerald
, Sarah Schwartz
, Alanna Virtue
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Noelle Walsh
, Laura Patterson
, Natasha Andres
, Mary Therrien
, Megan Turner McMillan
, Isisus Western
, Paula Adam
, Agnes Marshall
, Ariane Béland
, Danielle Kat
, Andrea Pole
, Deana Bueley
, Barry Kazimer
, Cherryl Koylass
, Julie Kaniak
, Holly Elisabeth
, Yutong Wu
, Maureen Brownlee
, Presley Robertson
, Lynn Andrews
, enid wray
, Mike Broderick
, Dorothy Wong
, Debra Fisher
, Jessica Casas
, Joseph Chirayil
, Anita Jones
, Kim Carswell
, Tori Levang
, Sara Conway
, Diana Richardson
, Gabrielle Rancourt
, Sarah Stang
, Patricia Johnson
, Patricia McKeown
, Dru Edmiston
, Roland Schigas
, Paula Ritchie
, Susi Lovell
, Charles Leblanc
, Margaret McKay
, Michelle Arsenault
, Diane McPherson
, BJ Underwood
, Lesley Sturge
, Pat Johnston
, Robert Hykawy
, Janice Cournoyer
, Brenda Vaccarello
, diana kirkwood
, Lucian Childs
, Kim Fenton
, Lynn Bechtel
, Elizabeth Ivanovich
, Penelope Penner
, Taylor MaGee
, Karyn Newton
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Kim Cappellina
, Lisa Mallia
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Tanis Anne
, Joanne Epp
, Huguette Settle
, Mary Woods
, Katie Mac Macalister
, Tami Osato
, Jen Bailey
, Alice Meems
, Val Ross
, Ken Gilmour
, Randi Ann Doll
, Stef Novakowski
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Stacey Paton
, Heather Norris
, Katie Kah
, Rita Osullivan
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Meghan Barton
, Christa Seeley
, Andre Labonte
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Hoda Montazeri
, Janet Hosokawa
editor@49thShelf.com
A funny, boisterous, and deeply moving novel about aging hairstylist Roland's childhood friendship with Birdy O'Day, whose fevered quest for pop music glory drives them apart
Roland Keener is an aging hairstylist who's lived and worked in Winnipeg all his life. He's more or less content with the quiet and predictable days he shares with his partner of twenty-five years, Tony. That is, until he hears that Birdy O'Day - washed-up music icon and Roland's childhood best friend and first love - is playing his first concert in Winnipeg since fleeing decades earlier.
Holing up with a scrapbook of news clippings about Birdy, Roland recalls his childhood in the '60s: Growing up poor with a single mother, he meets a boy at school who calls himself Birdy and is unlike anyone he's ever known. The two become inseparable, with Roland an eager sidekick to Birdy and his dreams of stardom. But when Birdy gets his big break, Roland is left behind, bereft. They become estranged over the years; one tours the world as a pop music sensation while the other struggles to chart a new path forward. But now, Birdy's imminent return to town is a chance for both of them to finally come to terms with their glorious yet troubled past.
A funny and poignant novel about hero worship, heartbreak, and queer survival, An Evening with Birdy O'Day will remind you that you can never go home again - even if you never left it in the first place.
