Thursday, January 10, 2013

Leaving Home by Jodi Picoult

I first published this review May 8, 2011

Every once in a while, I enjoy reading short stories. Whether they are in a book or magazine.  I first realized how much I enjoyed this style of reading in the 1970's when reading Agatha Christie books. So when I saw that Jodi Picoult had a book of short stories, I was very excited.

It's a very good book. Each story is about different instances of leaving home. The stories include the death of a child, a son leaving home for college, a mother leaving husband and children. With Picoult's usual gift of telling a tale, the stories are very well written and she has shown that her gift of writing includes being able to complete a story with few words.

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