Kafka Americana
by Jonathan Lethem | 
Mary and O'Neil
by Justin Cronin | 
The Reservoir Tapes
by Jon McGregor | 
Another Marvelous Thing
by Laurie Colwin | 
Trailerpark
by Russell Banks |
The Heart is Deceitful Above all Things
by J. T. LeRoy | 
I Cannot Get You Close Enough
by Ellen Gilchrist | 
Epiphany
by Ferrol Sams | 
Tokyo Cancelled
by Rana Dasgupta | 
The Tokyo-Montana Express
by Richard Brautigan |
Local Girls
by Alice Hoffman | 
Idiots First
by Bernard Malamud | 
A Thirsty Evil
by Gore Vidal | 
Adverbs
by Daniel Handler | 
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
by Katherine Anne Porter | 
The Toughest Indian in the World
by Sherman Alexie | 
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
by Stephen King | 
Birds of America
by Lorrie Moore | 
Strange Pilgrims
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
Exercises in Style
by Raymond Queneau |
Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You is rich with the music of the Southern mountains and the stories of their people. Jess Kirkman's grandmother is dying, and Jess remembers the tales she and his mother have passed down to him--a chorus of women's voices that sing and share and celebrate the common song of life.