num_pages: 254
description: The New York Times Bestseller."Dear have I got a treat for you! Art Buchwald has written a book about his life . . . I guarantee 254 pages of pure pleasure." -- Ann Landers"Strikingly honest . . . [Buchwald] grew up in orphanages and foster homes and never knew his mother who, shortly after he was born, entered a mental hospital and spent the rest of her lifethere . . . . But instead of becoming a sociopath, Buchwald became a professional funnyman and a national figure whose columns skewer pretense and politicians . . . . Score one for humor as a means of survival." -- The Washington Post Book World"
language: English
title: Leaving Home
titlecomplete: Leaving Home
genres: Memoir, Nonfiction, Humor
ratings_count: 112
publisher: Ballantine Books