I first "met" Alan Doyle when he appeared on the TV series Republic of Doyle.  When I heard his music, I began to look for him and the Great Big Sea on iTunes.  When I saw Alan's memoir posted in a Facebook book group that I belong to, I was immediately intrigued.  I was lucky enough to find it available in audiobook format at my library.  What an enjoyable read ... well, listen!

Alan has gift for song, as well as a gift for storytelling.  I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about his life and adventures growing up in Petty Harbor - a tiny fishing village on the eastern edge of a little island off the coast of Newfoundland.  The audiobook was especially rewarding with Alan narrating his own story and the added tidbits of music snippets and audio transcript that I would have missed with the printed version.