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Book Review of Happy To Be Here

Happy To Be Here
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Welcome to the wry, witty - and slightly skewed - world of Garrison Keillor. He invites you to join the "Shy Rights Movement," to drop in at "The People's Shopper" (including a stop at St. Paul's Drop-In Hair Center to be offered warm, supportive pre- and post-trim counseling), and to hear the truth behind the Cinderella legend as expalined in the consciousness-raised lingo of "My Stepmother, Myself." You 'll learn about baseball players who undergo group therapy to experience "at-batness", and old-time radio hosts who somehow miscalculate their audiences. Mr. Keillor has created a wonderully cockeyed world; his reflections on our lives and times will make you happy to be here.