{"id":5636,"date":"2020-07-30T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.free-ebooks.net\/?p=5636"},"modified":"2020-07-30T07:20:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T15:20:40","slug":"terry-fallis-award-winner-author-on-his-best-laid-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.free-ebooks.net\/blog\/terry-fallis-award-winner-author-on-his-best-laid-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry Fallis, Award Winner Author. On His Best Laid Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe width=\"540\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2jpAmaHWO04\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Terry Fallis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2FqejVibHcxNEVBWlVmNjlGNDRFVlpob1VHd3xBQ3Jtc0trWF9VT3czbm83WEZZc3ZaeGVoN1BaN1c2SDg5UVh0UFVUQlVWMW0yclIwTFhfQ29Oem9Ec1lwYXE3VlVSN3Nhc2V5a3JrREJpZXRwOHlCMG9rb3YyYW9xeUlsYTJYVEYwV08tWHpaUnJTTnZpNjJhMA%3D%3D&amp;event=video_description&amp;v=2jpAmaHWO04&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.terryfallis.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.terryfallis.com<\/a> Albatross <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1NOeUZoWGdHVzZaUWRkOVplX3Q5Qjl4V0dkUXxBQ3Jtc0tscmdmc2hoRklacW9jTnpwdkNOYlFVeS1jZGhpV2lqM2tnUW9RbHg3dnc2NFZyN0Y4SlpFV2t1ODRBUngtMGNEYVYzRi1xc1ZUVFlMVkQ0NE92VW1KcUd3a3o5T0RQYmtEb0Nyb2o0RnBNT0l2dmt4MA%3D%3D&amp;event=video_description&amp;v=2jpAmaHWO04&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.ca%2Fs%3Fi%3Dstripbooks%26rh%3Dp_27%253ATerry%2BFallis%26_encoding%3DUTF8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/s?i=stripbooks&amp;&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From two-time Leacock Medal winner Terry Fallis comes a funny and smart new novel about destiny&#8211;and what it means to forge your own path. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam Coryell is your average high-school student&#8211;well, except for that obsession with fountain pens&#8211;when his life changes forever. Based on a study by a quirky Swedish professor that claims that every human being, regardless of athletic inclination, has a body that is suited to excel in at least one sport, it turns out that Adam is good&#8211;very good, in fact&#8211;at golf. Even though he&#8217;d never even picked up a golf club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heartwarming and funny, sweeping and entertaining, Terry Fallis&#8217;s new book takes readers on a journey of self-discovery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TERRY FALLIS grew up in Toronto and earned an engineering degree from McMaster University. Drawn to politics at an early age, he worked for cabinet ministers at Queen&#8217;s Park and in Ottawa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His first novel, The Best Laid Plans, began as a podcast, then was self-published, won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, was re-published by McClelland &amp; Stewart to great reviews, was crowned the 2011 winner of CBC&#8217;s Canada Reads as &#8220;the essential Canadian novel of the decade,&#8221; and became a CBC Television series. His next two novels, The High Road and Up and Down were finalists for the Leacock Medal, and in 2015, he won the prize a second time, for his fourth book, No Relation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A skilled public speaker, Terry Fallis is also co-founder of the public relations agency Thornley Fallis. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two sons, and blogs at www.terryfallis.com. Follow @TerryFallis on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terry Fallis, https:\/\/www.terryfallis.com Albatross https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/s?i=stripbooks&amp;&#8230; From two-time Leacock Medal winner Terry Fallis comes a funny and smart new novel about destiny&#8211;and what it means to forge your own path. Adam Coryell is your average high-school student&#8211;well, except for that obsession with fountain pens&#8211;when his life changes forever. Based on a study by a quirky Swedish professor that claims that every human being, regardless of athletic inclination, has a body that is suited to excel in at least one sport, it turns out that Adam is good&#8211;very good, in fact&#8211;at golf. Even though he&#8217;d never even picked up a golf club. Heartwarming and funny, sweeping and entertaining, Terry Fallis&#8217;s new book takes readers on a journey of self-discovery. TERRY FALLIS grew up in Toronto and earned an engineering degree from McMaster University. Drawn to politics at an early age, he worked for cabinet ministers at Queen&#8217;s Park and in Ottawa. His first novel, The Best Laid Plans, began as a podcast, then was self-published, won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, was re-published by McClelland &amp; Stewart to great reviews, was crowned the 2011 winner of CBC&#8217;s Canada Reads as &#8220;the essential Canadian novel of the decade,&#8221; and became a CBC Television series. His next two novels, The High Road and Up and Down were finalists for the Leacock Medal, and in 2015, he won the prize a second time, for his fourth book, No Relation. A skilled public speaker, Terry Fallis is also co-founder of the public relations agency Thornley Fallis. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two sons, and blogs at www.terryfallis.com. 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