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Lake Wobegon Summer 1956
Lake Wobegon Summer 1956
Author: Garrison Keillor
The Doo Dads are singing "My Girl" on the radio and fourteen-year-old Gary is studying pictures of naked women, aware that Grandpa is looking down from heaven wondering how the boy turned out so badly. He has never so much as kissed a girl, except his rebellious cousin Kate, a sophisticate of seventeen who knows about The New Yorker and a...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780142000939
ISBN-10: 0142000930
Publication Date: 8/27/2002
Pages: 304
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  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 32 ratings
Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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A breezy account of Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon experience, dealing with the difficulties of adolescence using his trademark humor and prose.
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If you like the radio show (and the movie) or any of Keillor's work, then this is a muct have.
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Enjoyable 6 CD story. Although I am use to the Praire Home Companion stories (Family oriented), this story of a teenage boy's summer in Lake Wobegon was excellent for a long car ride.


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