Outside Reading #10

Lake Wobegon Summer 1956, Garrison Keillor
Chapters 1 and 2

The book begins with a 14 year old boy, Gary, at the beginning of summer. In summary, it describes how Gary's family is religious, how he is a nerd and how he hates his older sister. She is annoying, and she gets mad and frustrated simply because he didn't do his chore of drying the dishes. She brings all of her anger out on him because she feels life is easier for him. For me, one interesting part of the book is what they mention about the setting, Minnesota. Although Lake Wobegon is a fictional place, they talk about the misquitos and how the days are getting longer. In one part they mention Gary's mom reading out of the " Minneapolis Star" news paper. It is very interesting being familiar with the charaters lives.