Leaving Home Author:Elizabeth Janeway Rich in emotional detail, this novel (1953) tells the absorbing story of three siblings from an upper middle-class family in Brooklyn who must make the transition to independent adult life during the Depression years: Nina, just out of Vassar and working in publishing; Kermit, a Columbia student, sarcastic and manipulative; and Marion, pretty, v... more »ulnerable, and involved in an impossible affair. The New York Times Book Review called the novel a delight to read, and even re-read, for its subtle, ironic implications.« less