num_pages: 146
description: The narrator looks back on her childhood and adolescence, and assesses the influence an early eye injury had on her life
language: English
title: Leaving Brooklyn
titlecomplete: Leaving Brooklyn
genres: Fiction, Novels, College, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 158
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
publisher: Minerva