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Garrison Keillor has been quite prolific in the past year releasing 3 new books:  his long awaited memoir 'That Time of Year,' his return to Lake Wobegon with a satire about current events in 'The Lake Wobegon Virus,' and a look back at his life through the limericks he has written in 'Living with Limericks.'  We hope you enjoy each of these 3 books. 

THAT TIME OF YEAR: A MINNESOTA LIFE

In That Time of Year, Garrison Keillor looks back on his life and recounts how a Brethren boy with writerly ambitions grew up in a small town on the Mississippi in the 1950s and, seeing three good friends die young, turned to comedy and radio. Through a series of unreasonable lucky breaks, he founded A Prairie Home Companion and put himself in line for a good life, including mistakes, regrets, and a few medical adventures.

He says, "I was unemployable and managed to invent work for myself that I loved all my life, and on top of that I married well. That's the secret, work and love. And I chose the right ancestors, impoverished Scots and Yorkshire farmers, good workers. I'm heading for eighty, and I still get up to write before dawn every day."

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THE LAKE WOBEGON VIRUS

Many interweaving stories of what happens when the residents of Lake Wobegon eat some bad cheese, which causes them to lose all social inhibitions and say or do anything quite a lot of unexpected things in this quiet town!

A mysterious virus has infiltrated the good people of Lake Wobegon, transmitted via unpasteurized cheese made by a Norwegian bachelor farmer, the effect of which is episodic loss of social inhibition. Mayor Alice, Father Wilmer, Pastor Liz, the Bunsens and Krebsbachs, formerly taciturn elders, burst into political rants, inappropriate confessions, and rhapsodic proclamations, while their teenagers watch in amazement. Meanwhile, a wealthy outsider is buying up farmland for a Keep America Truckin' motorway and amusement park, estimated to draw 2.2 million visitors a year. Clint Bunsen and Elena the hometown epidemiologist to the rescue, with a Fourth of July Living Flag and sweet corn feast for a finale.

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Living with Limericks

Garrison's newest book has arrived in our shop and in stores across the country. It is also now available for Kindle readers in digital form.  

The book is a hybrid memoir/poetry collection chronicling Garrison Keillor's lifelong love for the humble limerick. Since childhood, Garrison has journaled in limerick form about the people, places, and things he has encountered. Here, for example, he explains why he hates golf:

I regret golf. What was I thinking? Lawyers and bankers play golf and when you think of the damage they would do if they were at the job instead, you realize why golf courses are a wise investment for any municipality.

     I have just wrapped my old No. 3
     Iron around a pine tree
     Where I shanked the drive
     But I shall survive
     And go write a brief elegy.

     Farewell to life on the links!
     The game is over! It stinks!
     The great plaid butts
     Bending over the putts,
     The hike to the clubhouse for drinks.

     Instead I will write at my desk
     Limericks, cool, humoresque,
     And if I need dough
     I'll go do a show,
     Either radio or strip burlesque.
 

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