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Leaving Home (A Lake Wobegon Novel) by Garrison Keillor

Leaving Home (A Lake Wobegon Novel) by Garrison Keillor

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Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories (1987) is a charming anthology of 36 interconnected short stories adapted from Garrison Keillor’s monologues on A Prairie Home Companion. Each piece begins with the iconic line “It has been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon,” and centers around departures—graduates leaving for the Navy, a waitress quitting her job to seek adventure, retirees stepping down, or families traveling for the holidays. The tales blend humor, warmth, and wistful nostalgia, portraying small-town life in transition. Whether a character is truly leaving or simply contemplating change, Keillor explores themes of belonging, renewal, and the timeless pull of one's roots . Written during and after his departure from Prairie Home Companion, the collection reads like a fond farewell to both the fictional town and its creator’s Minnesota days .

About the Author – 
Garrison Keillor (born 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota) is an American humorist, storyteller, writer, and radio personality best known for creating A Prairie Home Companion (1974–2016) and the fictional town of Lake Wobegon. A University of Minnesota alumnus, he began his career writing for prestigious publications including The New Yorker and The Atlantic . His first Lake Wobegon book, Lake Wobegon Days (1985), became a bestseller, followed by Leaving Home in 1987—a compilation of his beloved radio monologues revised for print. Keillor’s hallmark gentle satire and affectionate portrayal of Midwestern life have earned comparisons to Mark Twain and E. B. White. Beyond radio and writing, he hosts the daily podcast The Writer’s Almanac, and though he briefly parted ways with radio following controversy in 2017, he continues to write, perform, and tour

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