Eli Schuster's View:
Synopsis: (5 short stories featuring the Krebsbach family in Lake Wobegon, Minnesota - one from Garrision Keillor's Lake Wobegon Days and four from Leaving Home). Florian accidentally leaves his wife at a truckstop, Lyle's roof is in bad shape, Carl ruins the Homecoming parade with a 1937 Chevy filled with feces, and the Krebsbach family carries on.
Memorable Line: "What's hard to live with is not the trash floating in your head but the ordinary facts of life: mortality, knowing that you'll die, and frailty, knowing that when we've got it figured out we don't, and indignity, knowing that if we manage to put up a good front we still have the backstage view."
What I Learned: If you accidentally leave your hypochondriac wife at a truckstop it's a much better idea to pretend you're angry with her than to admit the truth.
You Might Like This Book If: You grew up in a small town like Lake Wobegon and you're in the mood for a stroll down Memory Lane.
Random Observation: Garrison Keillor quite enjoys starting his stories with the words: "it has been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon."
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