Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories

Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories

Dust jacket from the first edition
Author	Garrison Keillor
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Lake Wobegon
Genre	Short story
Publisher	Viking Penguin
Publication date	1987
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	244
ISBN	0-670-81976-X
OCLC	16227460
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Class	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 anthology 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."

Contents

1. Untitled poem
2. "Introduction: A Letter from Copenhagen"
3. "A Trip to Grand Rapids"
4. "A Ten-dollar Bill"
5. "Easter"
6. "Corinne"
7. "A Glass of Wendy"
8. "The Speeding Ticket"
9. "Seeds"
10. "Chicken"
11. "How the Crab Apple Grew"
12. "Truckstop"
13. "Dale"
14. "High Rise"
15. "Collection"
16. "Life is Good"
17. "Lyle’s Roof"
18. "Pontoon Boat"
19. "State Fair"
20. "David and Agnes, a Romance"
21. "The Killer"
22. "Eloise"
23. "The Royal Family"
24. "Homecoming"
25. "Brethren"
26. "Thanksgiving"
27. "Darleen Makes a Move"
28. "Christmas Dinner"
29. "Exiles"
30. "New Year’s"
31. "Where Did It Go Wrong?"
32. "Post Office"
33. "Out in the Cold"
34. "Hawaii"
35. "Hansel"
36. "Du, Du Liegst Mir im Herzen"
37. "Aprille"
38. "Goodbye to the Lake"