books: a lake wobegon

books: a lake wobegon

books:

A lake wobegon

Winter: Stories from the Collection News from Lake Wobegon

Garrison Keillor

Highbridge Audio, 1997

Wide Appeal
Garrison Keillor writes poignant and often funny stories about small-town, Midwestern life. His works have often been compared to those of Mark Twain, and I can give no greater praise than that, except to say that you need not be a Christian to enjoy his stories about ...

News from Lake Wobegon

Garrison Keillor

Highbridge Audio, 1991

Some of the Best Lake Wobegon monologues - all right here!
The 4 cassettes are titled "Summer", "Fall", "Winter" and "Spring". All have very funny stories on them and are worth the listen many times over. But the absolute best of the 4 tapes, and the biggest reason anyone should buy this collection, is the "Fall" stories. ...

Lake Wobegon USA

Garrison Keillor

Highbridge Audio, 1993

Full of Hearty Laughs and Poignant Moments
If you're not familliar with Garrison Keillor's stories of small-town, Midwestern life, check to see when his program is aired on your local NPR station. His radio program (called A Prarie Home Companion) is full of esoteric music, old fashioned comic sketches, and ...

Spring Stories from the Collection News from Lake Wobegon

Garrison Keillor

Highbridge Audio, 1998

Lake Wobegon springs wonderfully
Clarence Bunsen has bad (i.e. extremely funny) day, involving static, cramped hand and fear of death, ending with his leaping from a tree to frighten some children and restoring his equilibrium. Only GK could combine all those elements in one of the seasonal CDs ...

Humor: Stories from the Collection More News from Lake Wobegon

Garrison Keillor

Highbridge Audio, 1998

Funny and then soothing
I love to give these collections of monologues to folks who are experiencing a long recovery from surgery or undergoing medical treatment. The monologues are funny to listen to, and after they have listened to them a time or two, just hearing Garrison Keillor's ...

Fall: Stories from the Collection News from Lake Wobegon

Highbridge Audio, 1997

The Best of the Best of Garrison Keillor
"Fall" contains the single funniest Lake Wobegon monolgue yet written: "Bruno the Fishing Dog." It also contains a typically Minnesotan Thanksgiving recap ("Hors duerves at the Tollefson's, can you believe it?"), and a devastating 24-minute epic, "The Royal Family," ...

Summer: Stories from the Collection News from Lake Wobegon

Garrison Keillor

Highbridge Audio, 1997

Summer classics from Lake Wobegon
Amongst the wonderful "News from Lake Wobegon" collections, this stands high as a personal favourite. Apart from the classic "Lving Flag" and "Tomato Butt", "The Tollefson Boy goes to College" and "Mrs Berge and the Schubert Carillon Piano" [with brilliant ...

Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon (Lake Wobegon Novels)

Garrison Keillor

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008

Staying trapped or floating away
Barbara Peterson is trying to organize her mother's funeral, defeat alcoholism and escape from Lake Wobegon. Farce and tragedy mix. Lake Wobegon is a stultifying, puritanical, narrow-minded place, but there is nostalgia for its small-town middle-American virtues. ...

Liberty: A Lake Wobegon Novel (Lake Wobegon Novels)

Garrison Keillor

Viking Adult, 2008

Vintage Keillor
Reviewers here are so critical! Yes, this is a little darker than Pontoon, but with a real gift of character development and K's signature manner of juxtaposing being good with being happy. The denoument is beautiful and heart-warming. Garrison Keillor is a ...

The Christmas Companion

Garrison Keillor

Highbridge Audio, 2005

Awesome!
I had never listened to something by Garrison Keiler before but found that this CD was very entertaining. I found myself laughing and crying and loving my time just sitting and listening. Well worth your money and time.

More News from Lake Wobegon: Faith

HighBridge Company, 2008

four more great stories by the best storyteller alive
On this cassette, Garrison Keillor writes four stories that range from the absurd "Pontoon Boat", to the poignant "O death", to the delightfully real "Smokes" to the irreverent "Let Us Pray". They are definitely all keepers, and if you have the appreciation for ...

A Prairie Home Christmas: With Garrison Keillor & Hundreds of Friends & Acquaintances (Lake Wobegon)

Highbridge Audio, 1995

A Prairie Home Christmas
I originally bought this CD as a gift but was curious enough that I opened it and played it. I love it. Obviously, I'm keeping that copy and buying another! I am from the Midwest and haven't been back for Christmas in years. Garrison Keillor's wit and homespun stories, ...

Lake Wobegon Days

Garrison Keillor

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990

Hilarious!
I laughed out loud constantly while reading this book. I think you have to know where the author is coming from in order to fully appreciate Lake Wobegon Days. My parents grew up in a small midwestern town, and I spent the early years of my life there too. Again and ...

Lake Wobegon U.S.A.: Patience

HighBridge Company, 2008

These news from Lake Wobegon monologues are grouped by theme. Patience includes "Aunt Ellie," "Duke's 25th," and "You're Not the Only One."

Lake Wobegon U.S.A.: Rhubarb (Prairie Home Companion)

HighBridge Company, 2008

Lake Wobegon U S A: Rhubarb
I always enjoy Garrison Keillor, but this CD is absolutley the funniest one I've listened to. This could be prescribed as laugh therapy. As usual the characters seem so real, the descriptions so rich, it's like a decadent desert!!!!