âItâs been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town . . .â Lake Wobegon has been Garrison Keillorâs fictional home townâand Americaâsâfor almost 40 years. Many of us have grown up with âthe little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve.â The Chatterbox CafĂ©, the Sidetrack Tap, the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility, the Bunsens and the Krebsbachs, the Lake Wobegon Whippetsâthese are places, people, and sports teams we know and love, thanks to Keillorâs ability to weave a story and tell it live.
Never before collected, these expertly crafted tales are full of gentle humor, genuine emotion, and (more often than not) surprising insights into family, relationships, community, faith, and hope.