Leave Before You Go

By Emily Perkins

Book Overview

A generation's dilemma: should we find real jobs & relationships & houses, or shall we sit here, watch TV & maybe think about going out later? Leave Before You Go is a witty novel from last year's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0330372041
• ISBN13: 9780330372046
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Picador
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

People going through life, not really living it.

I really enjoyed this book for what it was--a passage of time. I'll spare you the synopsis since 2 other reviewers have given you that already. What I liked about this book was at times you can actually hear yourself groaning along with the characters bad decisions, and wanting to give them the high five when they make the good/best/or right decision. The ending left me feeling a bit disconnected, but I think that was the point.It's a light easy read. No great mysteries of life solved here, you'll be disappointed if you're looking for that in this book.

An excellent window into purposeless lives.

Increasingly many young (and not so young) people live aimless lives. Perkins paints a realistic picture of half-a-dozen of them. No, she doesn't paint it. She photographs it.Here, Daniel is a Brit who takes a one-way trip to New Zealand as a one-time drug runner, and ends up destitute there. The Kiwi scene centers around Kate, a very-small-time cinema usherette who's single and looking. Unlike fairy tales, they don't pair up promptly. Instead they drift... If you like to see your world in black and white, skip this. If you see it in shades of grey and want to get a glimpse of life at the unmotivated end of the human spectrum, it's very useful.