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"...where the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." There's a reason all those children in Lake Wobegon are above average. It might be the clean prairie air. It might be the wholesome wheat that's grown by the Norwegian bachelor farmers. And it just might be their strong, good-looking parents.

Garrison Keillor's collection of "News from Lake Wobegon" monologues-all taken from live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion-is an extended meditation ...