Lake Wobegon Days

Lake Wobegon, seat of Mist County, is located somewhere in the middle of the state (but not on the map) and named after an Indian word meaning ‘Here we are!’ or ‘We sat all day in the rain waiting for you’.Lake Wobegon Days is the marvellous chronicle of this imaginary place, narrated by a skinny kid with wire-rimmed glasses who is raised as a strait-laced Protestant but is fascinated by the Catholic Church (he dreams of being burnt at the stake) and by the notion of a more exotic family background (he’d like to be called Keillorini). Filled with warmth, humour, and tenderness, Lake Wobegon Days is an unforgettable portrait of small-town America.