
Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
“In Lake Wobegon….I knew summer was an experiment that didn’t work. It always looked good in May...." Read by Garrison Keillor.
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“In Lake Wobegon….I knew that summer was an experiment that didn’t work. It always looked good in May as things warmed up…."
A loving re-creation of small-town America with all its idiosyncrasies.
Written by Garrison Keillor and first published in 1985.
Episode six read by Garrison Keillor.
Producer: Maurice Leitch
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in 1986.
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