Leaving Home Paperback – Illustrated, April 1, 1990

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These are some of his best stories from his mythical world of Wobegon. If you are a fan of the old shows, you will recognize one or two of these tales - or at least these versions of them. He undoubtedly recycled some over the years, but in this era, he was in peak form. Reading them again, they make clear why Keillor one of the best writers of his life and times, if not truly our Mark Twain. Never sliding into fake folksiness, his observational style remains funny, poignant, pithy, clear headed and nothing short of everything that we expect from this marvelous American writer. Thank you, Garrison!!

I love reading this book, and it's one of the very few books I keep and re-read because it's so dang enjoyable. I am from the Midwest and relate 100% to the things Keillor writes about. Characters in this book are people I grew up with - the fat aunt who "did't want to say anything" to make anyone mad but would fume in obvious silence - the old man with the Pioneer Seed Corn cap. The '66 Chevy that has just a few thousand mile on her. Sweet corn - garden grown tomatoes - butchering your own chicken - Lutheran pastors - the taverns, the weather, the kids in town. I read this book aloud (sometimes edited on the fly by me) to my kids when we went camping. One daughter wants the book for her own now and I must order the kindle edition for myself. I really love this book. I don't think it's for everyone but it is definitely for me because I know these people.

This is very funny. The baritone voice echoes in my.mind... I always wondered, listening to A Prairie Home Companion, does he really make this stuff up as he goes? What an incredibly agile mind. Droll, ironic, insightful in the humor of these small town ... people. Germans and Norwegians .... not Irish, Germans and Italians as in my own Indiana home. Much larger than lake woebegon. A part of America that still exists? It saddens me to think that within my lifetime, Sunday stopped being a day where stores remained closed. Our wants became needs and one bread winner wasn't enough. Now, the NEW smirks up the entire internet in ... an hour ... each hour ... a new ebb and flow that sucks the inter-verse down like hotdish tunoodle casserole ... the chattering

This is the best book to get G.K.'s humor in small, easy-to-read stories. Each complete in itself. Humor and insight together. A must-have to know Keilor.

Garrison Keillor is a prairie humorist from Minnesota. He speaks about the mythical town of Lake Woebegone and the inhabitants where " ... all the children are above average. " For many years he has hosted THE PRAIRIE HOME companion on public radio. He will be retiring this year.My wife and I find his radio program and his style of humor outrageously funny. I suggest that you tune in to his radio program and listen to it. If you enjoy the show: BUY HIS BOOKS!

Keillor is always refreshing to read in this day of continual bad news. His ability to find humor in any situation always results in a smile or laugh or a fond memory. Relaxing and fun.

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.

Love this book. Keep giving it away to others so need to buy it again. I think this is my 5th copy

Garrison Keillor brings much joy with his stories of Lake Wobegon!

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.

great!