Box Socials Audiobook

Quotes

• “Wonderful…Charming and funny…If you’ve never been to a box social, go to this one.”

  — Fannie Flagg, New York Times Book Review

• “A story filled with nostalgia about a time when the game was played on real grass and was called on account of darkness…A down-home style that resembles the humorous voice of Garrison Keillor.”

  — New York Times

• “A nostalgic look at a way of life long dead, it is best read aloud to be appreciated…Strongly recommended.”

  — Library Journal

• “A whimsical portrait of 1940s-era small-town life, crowded with everything from owl-calling contests to raucous, five-day Ukranian weddings. It’s a delightful comic ramble, written in quirky, digressive style…Richly textured.”

  — Los Angeles Times

• “A sweeping comic work…Welcome to the seductively poetic fictional world of W. P. Kinsella.”

  — People

• “Kinsella…evokes the atmosphere of small-town ball fields and other aspects of rural life in this colorful, comic reminiscence of multiethnic farm society in Depression-era Canada…Jamie’s teenage memories poke gentle fun at small-town society and at adulthood itself while still celebrating his coming-of-age.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “[Gardner’s] narration conveys a sense that he enjoys talking about the characters as much as Kinsella enjoyed inventing them.” 

  — Kliatt

• “Gives good insight into the history of a specific area of North America during the time of mass European immigration and societal integration.”

  — School Library Journal

• “Nostalgia and lust are the appeals here, as if Garrison Keillor had gone randy. Bound to be popular.”

  — Kirkus Reviews