That Time of Year: A Minnesota Life

by Garrison Keillor

Book Overview

With the warmth and humor we've come to know, the creator and host of A Prairie Home Companion shares his own remarkable story.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1951627687
• ISBN13: 9781951627683
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

not my favorite, but still great

I love Garrison's story of Lake Wobegon. A lot of what's in it, is also in "Homegrown Democrat." more like an auto biography. I had put it away and then went back and continued reading. It is a good book to read and enjoy again and again.