Leaving Home : A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories
by Keillor, Garrison
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670820121
- ISBN 13
- 9780670820122
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. The popular 'Lake Wobegon' series author presents his first collection of monologues on that place, about parents who left, those who love, those who talk about both but do neither, and all the ordinary townspeople who experience their small epiphanies in the heartland. Hardcover with dust jacket, 244pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
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 "Clean, down-to-earth, exquisitely good hearted, highly ludicrous." — The New York Times
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Details
- Bookseller
- JB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00003123
- Title
- Leaving Home : A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories
- Author
- Keillor, Garrison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0670820121
- ISBN 13
- 9780670820122
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, SHORT STORIES, LAKE WOBEGON, FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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JB Books
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Garrison, North Dakota
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