Black Sheep

This Can't Be Happening Collection

By: Rory Scholl

Narrated by: Rory Scholl

An irresponsible twentysomething comic and his equally shameless grandmother join forces as proud pariahs in this dark and rowdy story of dicey family ties, kindred spirits, bad behavior, and bribery.

When Rory’s judgmental mother told him that he took after his grandma Evelyn, he took it as a compliment. The ninety-two-year-old cocktail-toting, offtrack-betting party girl was every bit the troublemaker he was. When she landed at a dead-end nursing home, Rory jumped at the chance to liven things up for bored Evelyn - with vodka, scratch-offs, bingo, and gaming. But even in this modest assisted-living casino, the risk of betrayal was a gamble.

Rory Scholl’s Black Sheep is part of This Can’t Be Happening, a collection of four true stories about making the best of a worst-case scenario curated by Kevin Allison, creator of the hit true storytelling podcast RISK! Outrageous, alarming, triumphant, and sometimes embarrassing, these fearless confessionals can be read, or listened to, in one what-on-earth-would-I-do? sitting.

©2018 Rory Scholl (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Great Story and Well Written

I really enjoyed this story. It centers around some pretty hurtful family dynamics but still manages to be genuinely funny.

I laughed so much with this story!

If you've ever known a free spirit who dares to live for the moment and challenge all the rules of polite society with a wink and a smile then you know Grace--you know the meaning of being the black sheep of the family. Each sentence is a delightfully narrated step on a comical path to self discovery and acceptance of our flawed selves.

Funny & Entertaining

Two people who decided to live their lives not worrying about how others saw them but how they chief themselves.

funny, touching, relatable

As a kid who was also proud to be more like my grandmother than other relatives, I totally enjoyed this story. Thank you.

Good job

Excellent book
Very entertaining
Appreciate listening to humor without vulgarity
this art seems to be in short supply these days