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Lake Wobegon Summer 1956

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 The New Yorker 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" (The Cleveland Plain Dealer), 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.

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  • "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 The New Yorker 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" (The Cleveland Plain Dealer), 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."@en
  • "At the age of fourteen, never having kissed a girl except his own cousin but very eager to try, Gary gets an Underwood typewriter and starts producing fantastic tales about talking dogs, fatal blood diseases, tornadoes, and the lady with the torch."
  • "'Lake Wobegon Summer, 1956' serves up the world according to 14-year-old Gary, an endearing geek, a self-described tree-toad, and a writer in the making whose best friend is his Underwood typewriter."@en
  • "During the summer of 1956, fourteen-year-old Gary struggles with the hormonal pains and obsessions of puberty as he experiences a passionate devotion to his rebellious cousin Kate and pursues his dream of becoming a writer."@en
  • "Lake Wobegon, 1956. The Doo Dads are singing "My Girl" on the radio and on the porch of the big green house on Green Street, fourteen-year-old Gary is studying pictures of naked women, aware that Grandpa is looking down from the window of heaven and wondering how a Sanctified Brethren boy could turn out so badly. He has never so much as kissed a girl, except his rebellious cousin Kate, a sophisticate of seventeen who knows about The New Yorker and also how to swear and exhale smoke through her nose."

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  • "Bildungsroman"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Bildungsromane"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"

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  • "Das letzte Heimspiel Roman"
  • "Lake Wobegon Summer 1956"@en
  • "Lake wobegon summer 1956"@en
  • "Lake Wobegon summer 1956"@en
  • "Lake Wobegon summer 1956"
  • "Lake Wobegon summer, 1956"
  • "Lake Wobegon summer, 1956"@en

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