I grew up reading Chuck Offenburger's Iowa Boy columns in the Des Moines Registar. I had kind of forgotten all about him until I saw a recent PBS special. I looked up his writings and found a blog and this book. As always, I was captivated by both Chuck's ability to find the good in everyone and a certain pride and amusement about life in Iowa. These columns were nearly 20 years old but most of them were fun and something that could be written today. Again and again, the Iowa Boy managed to touch my heart. This certainly wouldn't be an entertaining book for everyone but I savored these column, reading just a few at a time and delighting in the characters and down-to-earth human beings that make life so much fun.
Rating - 5 stars
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