I was just remembering this book today - I read it several years ago. Another listen to one of my old favorites. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Farzana marked it as to-read Feb 23, Now, 20 years later I'm revisiting these stories through adult ears, and I love them just as much. Toni jove rated it really liked it Feb 28, It starts with the annual town parade and festival in the local quarry it's easier to clean up a quarry, at least that's the theory , complete with fish tossing and a A Review of the Audiobook Originally published in
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I hit a bridge books this will be the last one I buy period I really like Tom bodett, but it's not worth to buy a book that is incomplete. Along the way, it is levened pretty perfectly with the elements of human relationship that come together and make that town a real community. N I first heard about this book from the National Geographic coffee table book Alaska: I'm getting the sequel so I can read more about the people I met in the first book.
It leaves you wanting more.
From America's favorite storyteller, here are 18 new tales of Lake Wobegon, handpicked from live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion. She dropped to her knees and prayed with all her heart for both. Popular radio humorist Tom Bodett once again journeys to the End of the Road and introduces listeners to some of the colorful inhabitants of the remote Alaskan town.
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The enormous eldritch horror living deep below the building. The End of the Road by Tom Bodett. A quirky story about life in Alaska. Unique audiobook experience My parents used to play Tom Bodett audiobooks on tape during long tkm rides. Alfie McAlister has retreated from London to the peace and quiet of the country to recover from a personal tragedy. Babetta Brothers marked it as to-read Sep 21, Read by the author Six cassettes, approx.
A collection of short stories from The Big Garage on Clear Shot chronicles the offbeat lives of the colorful inhabitants of The End of the Road, a small town in Alaska.
The End of the Road by Tom Bodett
Tom Bodett used to do the Motel 6 commercials, but if be more famous for his radio show. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Jun 19, Cid rated it really liked it. But somehow, this time, left alone when their fisherman father is delayed at sea, even their keen sense of their surroundings and the lessons they've been taught fail them. In this epic drama from beloved radio personality Boedtt Bodett, a host of unforgettable characters from the end of the rroad - Alaska - venture to the lower 48 to discover an America they barely recognize.
Garrison Keillor is the consummate storyteller, gifted with the rare ability, both in print and in performance, to hold an audience spellbound with his tales of ordinary people whose lives contain extraordinary moments of humor, tenderness, and grace. It starts with the annual town parade and festival in the local quarry it's easier to clean up a quarry, at bodeft that's the theorycomplete with fish tossing and a pistol shooting contest and ends up with a great story of two friends who travel from Alaska to Ttom to pick up a brand new fire truck and then drive it back to Seattle to ship to Alaska by ship.
Give it a try, I think you might like it. Another listen to one of my old favorites.
As a broadcaster, Bodett hosted two radio programs. I'm making my way through the whole series again.
The State Maintenance crew reminds us not to park our vehicles along the side of the road. Want to Read saving…. To see what bodtt friends thought of this book, please sign up.
This is what you get if Garrison Keillor goes to Alaska. May 21, Roger Barnes rated it it was amazing. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. People who bought this also bought The colorful cast of characters in End of the Road, Alaska, congregate around the coffeepot at the Big Garage to share wit and wisdom.
Bodett offers his keen, unforgettable observations of the lives of the people of Homer, Alaska, who "just ended up there, and stayed".
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