The Missing Bachelor Farmer: A Nancy Keene Mystery
by Louise Hathaway
My husband and I have been listening to "A Prairie Home Companion" since the mid-1980s. What did you think of last night's show? I am going to miss Garrison Keillor when he resigns from the radio show in the summer. I'll miss Pastor Liz, the bachelor farmers, Ruth Harrison: Reference Librarian, and the skits for the Professional Organization of English Majors. A few years ago, my husband and I made a pilgrimage to "Lake Wobegon" in search of the fictional world that Garrison Keillor created. It was a great trip, as we traced his steps. We had read that he owns "Common Good Books" in St. Paul, so we thought, let's just stop in the store and "soak up the vibe." As we were pulling into the parking lot, I saw a tall, elderly man walking towards his car with a couple of books tucked under his arm. I said to my husband, "Oh, my God! That's Garrison Keillor!" My husband called out, "Mr. Keillor." Garrison kindly approached our car and shook my husband's hand. We had a little conversation, too. What a dream come true to meet our generation's Mark Twain.
I wrote about the whole experience in my book, "The Missing Bachelor Farmer: A Nancy Keene Mystery." It's about a precocious teenager who talks her father into taking them on a pilgrimage to Lake Wobegon and they join the search party when a bachelor farmer goes missing. It is available for $1.99 at Amazon, iTunes, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, Kobo, and Smashwords. To purchase, please click on one of the links below:
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