Lake Wobegon Days
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
0739469231
Publish date: February 17th 1995
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
A friend of mine saw I was reading this book and expressed surprise; she didn't think this would be something I'd like. "So you think a big city gal like me can't appreciate small town charm?" "Yup," she answered. I'd love to prove her wrong, because I'm perverse that way and hate to admit she knows...
Garrison Keillor is kind of an underrated writer. He gets dismissed because nearly all his stories are heavy with small town Minnesota nostalgia. But any writer can tell a story about terrorists and time-travel and dinosaurs and atomic bombs and make it exciting. It takes real talent to tell a st...