Lake Wobegon Summer 1956

Garrison Keillor


Fourteen-year-old Gary and his rebellious cousin Kate live through one amazing Lake Wobegon summer. Gary occupies himself with the spinning of fantastic yarns about boogers, talking dogs, conversations between God and Jesus, and especially melodramas featuring himself as hero and the glamorous Kate as damsel. When the real Kate makes a terrible mistake, he learns a lot about love and heartbreak and what it really means to be a rebel against the Sanctified Brethren.


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