Leaving Home

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"Leaving Home" is a collection of humorous and nostalgic stories by Garrison Keillor set in the fictional Midwestern town of Lake Wobegon.

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Leaving Home canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Garrison Keillor ⓘ
basedOn A Prairie Home Companion radio monologues ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtDepicts small Midwestern town scene ⓘ
genre humor ⓘ
nostalgic fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation public readings by Garrison Keillor ⓘ
hasFictionalCharacter Clarence Bunsen ⓘ
Pastor Inqvist ⓘ
various Lake Wobegon residents ⓘ
hasFictionalUniverse Lake Wobegon series ⓘ
linked to: Lake Wobegon Days
hasFormat hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
hasReception critical acclaim for humor and warmth ⓘ
hasStyle oral-narrative-inspired prose ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
hasSubject Lutheran culture ⓘ
Scandinavian-American heritage ⓘ
hasTone humorous ⓘ
nostalgic ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary American literature ⓘ
mainThemes coming of age ⓘ
community ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
memory ⓘ
small-town life ⓘ
marketedAs Lake Wobegon stories ⓘ
linked to: Lake Wobegon Days
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeLocation Minnesota ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
narrativeRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
partOfSeries Lake Wobegon books ⓘ
publicationYear 1987 ⓘ
publisher Viking Press ⓘ
linked to: The Viking Press
setting Lake Wobegon ⓘ
fictional town ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Garrison Keillor → notableWork → Leaving Home ⓘ
Lake Wobegon Days → followedBy → Leaving Home ⓘ
Lake Wobegon → notableWork → Leaving Home ⓘ
Art Buchwald → notableWork → Leaving Home ⓘ
Wobegon Boy → relatedWork → Leaving Home ⓘ
Lake Wobegon → settingFor → Leaving Home ⓘ