Leaving Home

Amy Tan and Tim O'Brien's stories were the best, and I had read them before in their own books. But the most powerful page was the introduction: “But the journey can also be close to home-the turning of a corner to discover a whole new view of what was taken for granted, a discovery about someone you......more

How can you go wrong with Sandra Cisneros, Edward P. Jones, Toni Morrison, and Gary Soto? I'm also grateful for the introduction to some voices previously unknown to me--specifically Charles Mungoshi and Tim Wynne-Jones. A solid rites of passage collection.......more

Powerful stories. Not a dud in this collection.......more