The other day my college room mate told me she enjoys reading books by Minnesota authors. She likes to be able to picture the roads or the towns they are writing about in the book. So I mentioned a couple of my favorite Minnesota authors such as Leif Enger, Lorna Landvik, and Louise Erdrich. So then I went to see if Lorna has written any books I haven't read yet and I found one that was available called Welcome To The Great Mysterious. This hilarious novel is about a pair of twin sisters. Geneva and Ann are not identical twins. Geneva is dark like the night and Ann is light like the day. They grow up together in Deep Lake, MN which is a 45 minute drive from the Minneapolis airport. Now they are in their late 40's. Ann has asked Geneva to take care of her 13 year old son who has Downs Syndrome. Geneva is unmarried and has never had any children and she isn't sure she can do this. Ann and her husband are traveling to Italy so he can do some research. Eventually Ann agrees and flies out to Minneapolis leaving Broadway behind. Geneva had just quit a Broadway show because her boyfriend, also in the same Broadway show, has taken another lover. While living with her nephew for the month he shows her a box called the great mysterious. Geneva had forgotten that one summer at the cabin when she was 7 and she made this box with her sister. The box was a cereal box with pages that had envelopes glued to them. Each page had questions such as "What is the most important thing in life?" or "What is love?" Their parents, grandparents and Uncle had answered the questions. Reading these answers has Geneva rethinking her priorities in life. In the end she does return to Broadway but she is a more well-rounded person now.
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