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That Time of Year
- A Minnesota Life
- Narrated by: Garrison Keillor
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
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Summary
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 founded A Prairie Home Companion and put himself in line for a good life, including mistakes, regrets, and a few medical adventures. PHC lasted 40 years, 750 shows, and enjoyed the freedom to do as it pleased for three or four million listeners every Saturday at 5 p.m. Central. He got to sing with Emmylou Harris and Renee Fleming and once sang two songs to the US Supreme Court. He played a private eye and a cowboy, gave the news from his hometown, Lake Wobegon, and met Somali cabdrivers who'd learned English from listening to the show. He wrote best-selling novels, won a Grammy and a National Humanities Medal, and made a movie with Robert Altman with an alarming amount of improvisation.
He says, "I was unemployable and managed to invent work for myself that I loved all my life, and on top of that I married well. That's the secret, work and love. And I chose the right ancestors, impoverished Scots and Yorkshire farmers, good workers. I'm heading for 80, and I still get up to write before dawn every day".
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- TOMMY ROBINSON
- 24-02-22
This humane and engaging memoir is a wonderful listen.
Great to hear Mr Keillor's side of the public story, and of the stories he has told us over the years. A human and engaging memoir. Whether or not you agree with his Christian views and values, this is a riveting listen.
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- Brian B.
- 30-05-23
The Master Story Teller
Read by the Master himself. At times whimsical other times poignant but full of wonderful humour. I've listened to plenty of his radio shows and read his books but this rounded things off in great style. One of the greatest humourists of the last 50 years., and a very decent man.
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