{"product_id":"lake-wobegon-summer-1956-9780142000939","title":"Lake Wobegon Summer 1956","description":"Meet fourteen-year-old Gary. A self-described tree-toad, a sly and endearing geek, Gary has many unwieldy passions, chief among them his cousin Kate, his Underwood typewriter and the soft-porn masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eHigh School Orgies\u003c\/i\u003e. The folks of Lake Wobegon don't have much patience for a kid's ungodly obsessions, and so Gary manages to filter the hormonal earthquake that is puberty and his hopeless devotion to glamorous, rebellious Kate through his fantastic yarns. With every marvellous story he moves a few steps closer to becoming a writer. And when Kate gets herself into trouble with the local baseball star, Gary also experiences the first pangs of a broken heart. \u003cp\u003e With his trademark gift for treading a line delicate as a cobweb between satire and sentiment(\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e), Garrison Keillor brilliantly captures a newly minted post-war America and delivers an unforgettable comedy about a writer coming of age in the rural Midwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Garrison Keillor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.74h x 5.10w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780142000939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGarrison Keillor, author of nearly a dozen books, is founder and host of the acclaimed radio show \u003cb\u003eA Prairie Home Companion\u003c\/b\u003e and the daily program \u003cb\u003eThe Writer's Almanac\u003c\/b\u003e. He is also a regular contributor to \u003cb\u003eTime\u003c\/b\u003e magazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40565778546803,"sku":"9.78014E+12","price":19.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ecf666c0-8dce-4dbb-8be6-dbcdfb672869.jpg?v=1668003500","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/lake-wobegon-summer-1956-9780142000939","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}