Book
Leaving home / Garrison Keillor.
Revisit the beguiling comic world of Lake Wobegon. In the first collection of Lake Wobegon monologues, Keillor tells readers more about some of the people from Lake Wobegon Days and introduces some new faces. "Leaving Home is a book of exceptional charm . . . delightful . . . genuinely touching".--The Wall Street Journal.
Record details
- ISBN: 0670820121
- ISBN: 9780670820122
- ISBN: 067081976X
- ISBN: 9780670819768
- ISBN: 0670820113
- ISBN: 9780670820115
- Physical Description: xxiii, 244 pages ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 1987.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "All of these stories were performed, in slightly different form, on 'A Prairie home companion,' a production of Minnesota Public Radio"--P. [vi] "This first edition ... is limited to a printing of fifteen hundred copies"--P. [i]. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : a letter from Copenhagen -- A trip to Grand Rapids -- A ten-dollar bill -- Easter -- Corinne -- A glass of Wendy -- The speeding ticket -- Seeds -- Chicken -- How the crab apple grew -- Truckstop -- Dale -- High rise -- Collection -- Life is good -- Lyle's roof -- Pontoon boat -- State fair -- David and Agnes, a romance -- The killer -- Eloise -- The royal family -- Homecoming -- Brethren -- Thanksgiving -- Darlene makes a move -- Christmas dinner -- Exiles -- New Year's -- Where did it go wrong? -- Post office -- Out in the cold -- Hawaii -- Hansel -- Du, du Liegst mir im Herzen -- Aprille -- Goodbye to the lake. |
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| Subject: | Lake Wobegon (Minn. : Imaginary place) > Fiction. City and town life > Fiction. Humorous stories, American. Minnesota > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Humorous fiction. |
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| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tIntroduction : a letter from Copenhagen -- ‡tA trip to Grand Rapids -- ‡tA ten-dollar bill -- ‡tEaster -- ‡tCorinne -- ‡tA glass of Wendy -- ‡tThe speeding ticket -- ‡tSeeds -- ‡tChicken -- ‡tHow the crab apple grew -- ‡tTruckstop -- ‡tDale -- ‡tHigh rise -- ‡tCollection -- ‡tLife is good -- ‡tLyle's roof -- ‡tPontoon boat -- ‡tState fair -- ‡tDavid and Agnes, a romance -- ‡tThe killer -- ‡tEloise -- ‡tThe royal family -- ‡tHomecoming -- ‡tBrethren -- ‡tThanksgiving -- ‡tDarlene makes a move -- ‡tChristmas dinner -- ‡tExiles -- ‡tNew Year's -- ‡tWhere did it go wrong? -- ‡tPost office -- ‡tOut in the cold -- ‡tHawaii -- ‡tHansel -- ‡tDu, du Liegst mir im Herzen -- ‡tAprille -- ‡tGoodbye to the lake. |
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