Pontoon: A Lake Wobegon Novel (Lake Wobegon Series) By Garrison .9780571217250

In Lake Wobegon, a good Lutheran lady is ready for the end, insisting on being cremated, her ashes sealed inside a bowling ball and dropped into the lake\u2014no prayers, no hymns, thank you. Meanwhile, the Detmer girl returns from California, having struck it rich in veterinary aromatherapy, to marry her boyfriend Brent aboard Wally\u2019s pontoon boat, with Minister Misty Naylor of the Sisterhood of the Sacred Spirit officiating. Brent shows up Thursday; by Saturday, a group of renegade Lutheran pastors from Denmark arrive on their American tour\u2014punishment for denying the divinity of Jesus. Barbara Peterson, whose mother left the odd cremation-and-bowling-ball note, is smitten with a charming, heavyset man who sneaks around town in the shadows to meet her at the Romeo Motel. Then there\u2019s Raoul, with his cigars, tinted shades, rainbow sport coat, and long \u201CHey, Precious\u201D phone message\u2014arriving after the angel of death has already passed through. Everything\u.