Publisher, HighBridge Audio (September 2011)

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“It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town . . .” Lake Wobegon has been Garrison Keillor’s fictional home town—and America’s—for almost 40 years. Many of us have grown up with “the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve.” The Chatterbox Café, the Sidetrack Tap, the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility, the Bunsens and the Krebsbachs, the Lake Wobegon Whippets—these are places, people, and sports teams we know and love, thanks to Keillor’s ability to weave a story and tell it live.

Never before collected, these expertly crafted tales are full of gentle humor, genuine emotion, and (more often than not) surprising insights into family, relationships, community, faith, and hope.

Contents:

• Tundra Swans

• Crazy Love

• Arabian Nights

• The Fish That Saved My Life

• Chickadee Stew

• Gargoyles

• Lenore the Libertarian

• Bad Pizza

• The Great Lover Arrives

• The Trip to San Jose

• Bowling Balls

• The Ingqvists Depart

• The Calling

• The Arrival of Liz

• The Works of Liz

• Holding On

• Hot Springs

• An Encounter with Liz

About Garrison Keillor: Garrison Keillor is Americas favorite storyteller. For more than 35 years, as the host of A Prairie Home Companion, he has captivated millions of public radio listeners with his weekly News from Lake Wobegon monologues. A Prairie Home Companion now reaches over four million listeners on more than 558 public radio stations, America One, the Armed Forces Networks, Sirius Satellite Radio, and via a live audio webcast.

Keillor is also the author of several books and a frequent contributor to national publications including Time, The New Yorker, and National Geographic, in addition to writing his own syndicated column. He has been awarded a National Humanities Medal from the National Endowment of the Humanities. When not touring, he resides in St. Paul, Minnesota.