{"product_id":"leaving-home-9798987601303","title":"Leaving Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eFranklin Cohen is on a mission: He is an extraterrestrial from another galaxy who has been teleported down to Earth in order to learn whatever he can about humanity. In order to do this without being detected, however, he has to pretend to be a human being himself. And so Franklin Cohen The Extraterrestrial now becomes Franklin Cohen The College Graduate. The Dewey-Eyed, Dreamy English Major. Unemployed. Unemployable. Completely unconcerned about his lack of direction. And now living back at home with his controlling parents, who find that appalling lack of concern of his ever-increasingly more exasperating. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA labor of love which took the author twenty years to write, \u003cem\u003eLeaving Home\u003c\/em\u003e was originally intended to be a take-off of a Charles Bukowski semi-autobiographical novel (\u003cem\u003ePost Office\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFactotum\u003c\/em\u003e). However, over the ensuing two decades it slowly evolved into something else. The writing style is at times much more ornate than that of Bukowski; and its simple plot, although rooted in realism, does contain certain magical elements. As such, \u003cem\u003eLeaving Home\u003c\/em\u003e is an imaginative attempt to infuse new life into an old literary form; i.e., the \u003cem\u003ebildungsroman\u003c\/em\u003e or \"coming of age\" novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, the author states: \"I do not know whether this novel I've written, using my own brain and my own heart, is a great one or merely an average one. Most writers think that their writing is great, and I am certainly no exception to the rule. However, \u003cem\u003ethe pursuit\u003c\/em\u003e of excellence--regardless of the outcome--is never a delusion. It is always a badge of honor. And I wear that badge of honor proudly.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Leiter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Leiter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798987601303\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Leiter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41194183950451,"sku":"9.79899E+12","price":27.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_32e7edff-cbb9-48bf-98be-cac34d1567a1.jpg?v=1704298255","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/leaving-home-9798987601303","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}