Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Award-winning author Ali Bryan's The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships blends the offbeat humor and warmth of Schitt's Creek with the wit and grit of Mostly Dead Things and follows five people who discover love, second chances, and newfound hope as the town's biggest night of the year spirals into chaos.
A year after forest fires sweep through the town of Crow Valley and claim the life of Dale Jepson--karaoke legend, local prison guard, and "all-around good guy"--the community holds a karaoke competition. But when a convicted arsonist escapes from nearby Crow Valley Correctional, the residents learn there's more on the line than a trip to the National Karaoke Championships. Marriages are at stake, jobs are jeopardized, sobrieties threatened, and second chances start to slip away as the community is forced, once again through misfortune, to rally together to save themselves and one another.
Told from alternating POVs, each with an intimate connection to the deceased Dale, The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships is a story about the fires we all fight in life--from the smoldering embers to the blazing infernos--and how, ultimately, there is dignity in the struggle to keep singing, to keep fighting, to keep going, to keep living no matter how high the flames get.
Synopsis
A prison escape, a bear on the loose, botched lyrics. What more could go wrong with Crow Valley's most anticipated night of the year?
A year after forest fires ravaged the town of Crow Valley and claimed the life of Dale Jepson--karaoke legend, local prison guard, and all around "good guy"--the community hosts a high-stakes karaoke competition. But when a convicted arsonist escapes from nearby Crow Valley Correctional, residents discover there's more on the line than local (perhaps even national) karaoke fame. Marriages are put at stake, sobrieties are threatened, and jobs teeter on the edge of risk as misfortune fuses the community together once again.
Told from alternating points of view, The Crow Valley Karaoke Championships is a rip-roaring romp about a small town and the fires we all fight in life, from the smoldering embers to the blazing infernos.