Customer Reviews
Interesting - By: , 08 Dec 1998 
The book consists of several short stories about kids going away from home for the first time. Some of the stories are interesting. One is about a girl who was sent to Puerto Rico to live with her grandparents for the summer. Her experiences give insight to the Puerto Rican culture. An example is how her father drove spirits out of people. With an exception of one or two, the other short stories lack quality.
A wonderfull collage of short stories - By: , 22 Oct 1998 
Leaving Home is a great book filled with 16 wonderful short stories by a terrific cast of writers. Some of those writers include Sandra Cisneros, Amy Tan, & Toni Morrison. If you are the type of person who enjoys reading about stories that pull at your heart & evoke feelings then this is the book for you. The storiesin this book are about all different kinds of people that are forced to leave their homes for one reason or another, the problems that they encounter, & how they choose to deal with them. For example, one of my favorites is about a girl named Barnsey. She is forced by her parents to get on a bus & go visit her grandparents. While on this bus she happens to be seated next a significantly older & "freakish" looking girl named Dawn. As the bus ride progresses she gets to know Dawn & finds out that she is actually a very nice girl & is not all that dissimilar from herself. This is not the only kind of storyin this book, it just happens to be a personal favorite.
I have never really read a book like this before but I think after reading this one I might consider the idea. I'm not one that likes to sit down & read novels because I tend to loose interest about half-way through. I like the short stories because they are like condensed versions of the novels but I still seem to get as much out of them as I would anything else.
The only reason that I could see someone not enjoying this book is if they could not relate or connect with the stories. Since these stories are about actual events that took place to the authors then that could be possible. You just have to try & put yourselfin their shoes & go along with it.
A wonderfull collage of short stories - By: , 22 Oct 1998 Leaving Home is a great book filled with 16 wonderful short stories by a terrific cast of writers. Some of those writers include Sandra Cisneros, Amy Tan, & Toni Morrison. If you are the type of person who enjoys reading about stories that pull at your heart & evoke feelings then this is the book for you. The storiesin this book are about all different kinds of people that are forced to leave their homes for one reason or another, the problems that they encounter, & how they choose to deal with them. For example, one of my favorites is about a girl named Barnsey. She is forced by her parents to get on a bus & go visit her grandparents. While on this bus she happens to be seated next a significantly older & "freakish" looking girl named Dawn. As the bus ride progresses she gets to know Dawn & finds out that she is actually a very nice girl & is not all that dissimilar from herself. This is not the only kind of storyin this book, ot just happens to be a personal favorite.
I have never really read a book like this before but I think after reading this one I might consider the idea. I'm not one that likes to sit down & read novels because I tend to loose interest about half-way through. I like the short stories because they are like condensed versions of the novels but I still seem to get as much out of them as I would anything else.
The only reason that I could see someone not enjoying this book is if they could not relate or connect with the stories. Since these stories are about actual events that took place to the authors then that could be possible. You just have to try & put yourselfin their shoes & go along with it.
Leaving home to find home... - By: , 05 Jun 1998 Rochman & McCampbell's Leaving_Home is a thoughtful collection of stories & poems that brings usin touch with those emotions that overcome us when we hear the word "home." These stories & excerpts include especially powerful selections from Amy Tan, Tim Wynne-Jones, & Tim O'Brien. Together, these stories remind us of the importance of our roots, & are at once reminiscent of Mann's Tonio_Kroger, but more thorough. A perfect reading selection for graduates.
