Lake Wobegon U.S.A., Garrison Keillor
Lake Wobegon U.S.A., Garrison Keillor
List: $25.87 | Sale: $18.11
Club: $12.93

Lake Wobegon U.S.A.

Author: Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor

Narrator: Garrison Keillor

Unabridged: 5 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/18/1993


Synopsis

Lake Wobegon U.S.A. is the eagerly anticipated successor to News From Lake Wobegon (one of the bestselling spoken-word audio ever) and More News From Lake Wobegon. This collection contains 17 touching, exquisitely funny monologues from Garrison Keillor recorded during American Radio Company broadcasts from tour stops all over the country. The tales, says Keillor, are about "the luxury of rhubarb pie, the perils of prophecy, Florian and Myrtle's thrifty vacation, the vapor lights of Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility. . . ." They are also about joy, grief, dreams, luck, and mysteries—about the extraordinary moments of wonder that illuminate our ordinary lives.

Contents:
Fertility: The Kresbach's Vacation; Prophet; The Six Labors of Father Wilmer; Fertility
Patience: Aunt Ellie; Duke's 25th; Jobhunting; You're Not the Only One
Youth: Blue Devils; Nostalgia; O Christmas Tree; Pageant; Messy Shoes
Rhubarb:  Rhubarb; Sweet Corn; The Sun's Gonna Shine Someday; Yellow Ribbon

About Garrison Keillor

As the host of A Prairie Home Companion for over forty years, Garrison Keillor has captivated millions of listeners with his weekly News from Lake Wobegon monologues. Keillor has been honored with Grammy, ACE, and George Foster Peabody awards, the National Humanities Medal, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His many books include Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance, Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny, and The Keillor Reader. He is the host of the daily program The Writer's Almanac and the editor of several anthologies of poetry. A Prairie Home Companion is heard on hundreds of public radio stations, as well as America One, the Armed Forces Networks, Sirius Satellite Radio, and via a live audio webcast. When not touring, he resides in St. Paul, Minnesota.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel

Garrison Keillor is a wonderful writer. It was pure pleasure to listen to this audio.......more

Goodreads review by Andy

Somewhat interesting and identifiable due to my Minnesota upbringing, but I am glad I never went to stand in line to see the show.......more

Goodreads review by Tess

You can wrap me in a blanket of Garrison Keilor's soothing voice and make me laugh about being a Minnesootan any day! This book is small vignettes of his radio show from the Fitzgerald Theater (and on the road). The music, the feeling of family within the mythical town of Lake Wobegon, and the stories......more