![]() ![]() She’s considered giving up on Battle Lake but decides to stay. She’s glad to be there, having discovered four murdered bodies in as many months after moving to Battle Lake for a quieter life. Mira James, a librarian/newspaper reporter from Battle Lake, Minnesota, is on a week-long assignment covering fair activities. ![]() But September Fair is a lot more than a compendium of Neil Diamond and State Fair knowledge. Here is an abbreviated list of things I learned from Jess Lourey’s September Fair: Neil Diamond went to NYU on a fencing scholarship, his fans are called Diamondheads (a fact that would have come in handy when I worked in an office of Neil Diamond fans), there is a competitive “sport” known as sheep riding or mutton busting, and Araucana chickens lay blue and green eggs. ![]() Don’t let anyone tell you that you don’t learn anything from reading fiction. ![]()
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