| Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories | |
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Dust-jacket from first edition |
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| Author(s) | Garrison Keillor |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Lake Wobegon |
| Genre(s) | short story collection |
| Publisher | Viking Penguin, Inc. |
| Publication date | 1987 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 244 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-670-81976-X |
| OCLC Number | 16227460 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 19 |
| LC Classification | PS3561.E3755 L43 1987 |
| Preceded by | Lake Wobegon Days |
| Followed by | We Are Still Married |
Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories is a short story collection written by Garrison Keillor, a humorous fictional account of life in small-town Minnesota set in the fictitious heartland town of Lake Wobegon. It was first published in hardcover by Viking Penguin, Inc. in 1987.
The book is a collection of thirty-six of the author's "News from Lake Wobegon" monologues from his radio program A Prairie Home Companion, slightly revised for print publication. They are prefaced by "A Letter from Copenhagen."