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Boom town / Garrison Keillor.

Keillor, Garrison, (author.).

Summary:

"Lake Wobegon is having a boom year thanks to millennial entrepreneurship--AuntMildred's.com Gourmet Meatloaf, for example, or Universal Fire, makers of artisanal firewood seasoned with sea salt. Meanwhile, the author flies in to give eulogies at the funerals of five classmates, including a couple whom he disliked, and he finds a wave of narcissism crashing on the rocks of Lutheran stoicism. He is restored by the humor and grace of his old girlfriend Arlene and a visit from his wife, Giselle, who arrives from New York for a big love scene in an old lake cabin."-- Amazon

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781733074551
  • ISBN: 1733074554
  • Physical Description: 246 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Blaine, MN : Prairie Home Productions, [2022]
Subject: Lake Wobegon (Minn. : Imaginary place) > Fiction.
Lutherans > Minnesota > Fiction.
Minnesota > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Genre: Fictional Work.
Humorous fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 7 of 7 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Little Dixie Regional.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly F KEILLOR (Text) 2004689064 Adult Fiction Shelves Available -

Summary: "Lake Wobegon is having a boom year thanks to millennial entrepreneurship--AuntMildred's.com Gourmet Meatloaf, for example, or Universal Fire, makers of artisanal firewood seasoned with sea salt. Meanwhile, the author flies in to give eulogies at the funerals of five classmates, including a couple whom he disliked, and he finds a wave of narcissism crashing on the rocks of Lutheran stoicism. He is restored by the humor and grace of his old girlfriend Arlene and a visit from his wife, Giselle, who arrives from New York for a big love scene in an old lake cabin."--

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