Leaving Home : A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories

This is an amusing book, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. It helps to have heard Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon series on radio as his deadpan drawl is very much a feature of his narrative. More a book to dip into than to read at a sitting as it is a series of short stories with no plot development: slices of life in a fictional mid west town. Not for those who like to get to grips with an unfolding story, but delightfully entertaining nevertheless.

great!

Having read some of Garrison Keillor's other stuff because of this one, this is still by far my favourite. These are such humane and affectionate stories about the sort of people we really are, no pretensions, but honesty and empathy. Plenty of laughs because it could happen to someone you know! A proper feelgood book. One you will want to lend to anyone who's your friend - be prepared not to get it back though. . .

This is a lovely book & I had purchased a copy some years ago. I bought this copy as a gift for an elderly member of the clergy & it arrived with a disfiguring ink mark that makes it inappropriate as a gift. I have yet to resolve this issue with the supplier.