Pontoon a novel of Lake Wobegone
Astonished to learn that her impeccable mother led a secret life marked by her passionate love for a Las Vegas man and a private commitment to pleasure, Barbara elects to end destructive patterns in her own life while honoring her mother's final wishes.
| Main Author: | Keillor, Garrison. |
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| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Minneapolis] :
HighBridge Company,
p2007.
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Astonished to learn that her impeccable mother led a secret life marked by her passionate love for a Las Vegas man and a private commitment to pleasure, Barbara elects to end destructive patterns in her own life while honoring her mother's final wishes. |
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| Item Description: |
Compact discs. Subtitle from container. Unabridged. |
| Physical Description: |
7 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time: |
08:00:00 |
| ISBN: |
9781598875225 1598875221 |
| Author Notes: |
In 1974, he wrote an essay for the New Yorker about the Grand Ole Opry, which led to his live radio program, A Prairie Home Companion. Stories from Prairie Home were collected and published, but his debut as a novelist was in 1985 with Lake Wobegon Days. His other novels include WLT: A Radio Romance, The Book of Guys, Wobegon Boy, Me by Jimmy (Big Boy) Valente, and Good Poems, American Places. He has also written the children's books Cat, You Better Come Home, The Old Man Who Loved Cheese, and The Sandy Bottom Orchestra. He won a Grammy Award for his recording of Lake Wobegon Days and was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1994. Keillor received a National Humanities Medal from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1999. In September 2007, Keillor was awarded the John Steinbeck Award. (Bowker Author Biography) |