Stuart McLean

A collection of stories about record store owner Dave, his long-suffering wife Morley, and their kids Stephanie and Sam.

"Letters, photographs, and diaries from the author of A Manual for Cleaning Women"--

The further adventures of Dave, Morley and their family which include stardom for their son, a renegade cat and an eighty-seven-year-old bungee jumper.

Like an old friend who's turned up in town, Stuart McLean returns with Stories from the Vinyl Cafe, his bestselling collection of tales based on his enormously popular Vinyl Cafe radio program.??The collection features Canada's much-loved fictional family: Dave, Morley, Stephanie and Sam. Stories from the Vinyl Cafe also introduces a host of other wonderfully imagined characters, such as Margaret Dwyer, a suburban housewife who startles herself by shoplifting a pepperoni sausage, and Flora Perriton, who is consumed with thoughts of lost opportunities when an old friend passes away. Then there's Ed, who-overcome by the death of his favourite rock star-embarks on a pilgrimage to New York City to meet the singer's widow.??As always, the stories in this rewarding and irreverent collection prove that Stuart McLean is indeed a national treasure.

Welcome to the Vinyl Cafe. Motto: 'We May Not Be Big, But We're Small' Welcome back to the Vinyl Cafe and to the wonderful, quirky world of its proprietor and his family and friends. Home from the Vinyl Cafe takes us into a year in the life of Dave, Morley, Stephanie and Sam as they bump and stumble from one Christmas fiasco to the next. In between, we learn of Dave and Morley's first meeting, on ice, and Stephanie's own early adventures in love. We hear of Dave and Morley's sometimes misguided, but always heartfelt, efforts at parenting. Whether it's sending the kids to camp, putting up the Christmas lights or losing control at the grocery store, in the hands of master storyteller Stuart McLean, everyday events are seen for all their challenges and hilarious possibilities. Warm, witty and moving, these are stories that will walk right into your life and make themselves at home.--goodreads**

Selected from fifteen years of radio-show archives and re-edited by the author, this eclectic collection gives a glimpse into the thoughful mind at work behind The Vinyl Cafe.

Canadian author, short stories.

An anthology of anecdotal stories written by Vinyl Cafe listeners selected and compiled by Stuart McLean to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Story exchange segment of his radio program.

Dave has a series of misadventures while cooking the Christmas turkey.

Dave and Morley would tell you that life is what you make it. Unfortunately for them, that means a compilation tape of mistakes, miscues, misunderstandings and muddle.