Home on the Prairie: Stories from Lake Wobegon [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Garrison Keillor (Author, Performer)

Book Description

The latest in a line of bestselling collections that began with News from Lake Wobegon, this set selects monologues from four years (1999-2002) of live radio programs. Some were broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theatre, the show's St. Paul home. Others were recorded on the road in Dublin, Pasadena, Grand Forks, and other exotic places.

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Those who love Keillor's long-running radio broadcast, A Prairie Home Companion, will cherish this collection of stories harvested from shows aired between 1999 and 2003. The hushed intensity of Keillor's voice lulls listeners into a world where good people live good lives, and for a little while, we are allowed to live them too. Keillor gently coaxes his stories through fertile territory, meandering into a childhood memory and then veering back to a central theme. In one story, a bride at a Labor Day wedding rejects her Lutheran background only to be buoyed up later by these same values. In another, listeners drop in on a tomato growing contest at the county fair. Never have tomatoes seemed so tempting as they do when Keillor describes the row of plump offerings awaiting verdicts. These stories are like the tomatoes: lovingly tended, juicy and bursting with life. Snippets of old-fashioned music dance between each tale, evoking the songs Mrs. Ingqvist, the preacher's wife, might play in the parlor on a Sunday afternoon. With its welcoming atmosphere and the stories' warmly familiar opening and closing lines, this cozy collection reminds listeners that life in Lake Wobegon still goes on, even in these troubled times.
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About the Author

GARRISON KEILLOR is America's 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. 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.

GARRISON KEILLOR is America's favorite storyteller. For more than 30 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. 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.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: HighBridge Company; Original radio broadcast; 4 hours on 4 CDs edition (August 25, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565117867
• ISBN-13: 978-1565117860
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #737,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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If I could find a "complete" collection of "Prairie Home Companion" I would buy it even if I had to go to work for Fox News to raise the money. Okay, maybe I wouldn't stoop that low, but I would do just about anything else to have this brilliant, charming, incisive, funny, wonderful example of Americana in my home. This particular slice of "Prairie Home Companion" is as entertaining as I expected and I highly recommend it. I laughed, I cried, I ...okay, I didn't cry, but the laughing is a given. Great stuff. "Garrison, come back ...come back Garrison ...come back!"