false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174162482m/367285.jpg 367285 16 The Doo Dads are singing "My Girl" on the radio and fourteen-year-old Gary is studying pictures of naked women, aware that Grandpa is looking down from heaven wondering how the boy turned out so badly. He has never so much as kissed a girl, except his rebellious cousin Kate, a sophisticate of seventeen who knows about <i>The New Yorker</i> and also how to swear and exhale smoke rings. But this is a summer of change for Gary: he fights back against his bullying born-again sister and his tyrannical teacher, and most significantly, he receives an Underwood typewriter-a typewriter that will help Gary believe he can become a writer. With his trademark gift for treading "a line delicate as a cobweb between satire and sentiment" (<i>The Cleveland Plain Dealer</i>), Keillor's touching and funny novel brilliantly captures a newly minted America and delivers an unforgettable comedy about the universal aspects of adolescence-from first loves to fear and fascination with bodily functions. 2368824 2001 Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 total:393|5:52|4:150|3:130|2:50|1:11| 393 1361 527 53 1 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 11:15:43 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 10:21:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 14 16:20:25 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 16:28:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 18:45:24 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 15:56:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Fri Dec 21 08:03:51 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 08:04:48 -0800 2007 Garrison Keillor's reading of Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 - a possibly autobiographical look at a 14-year old boy's summer experiences - mostly vignettes, with a bit of a plot showing up here & there.

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