The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
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Registered by AngelChild of Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on 12/7/2004
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Journal Entry 1 by AngelChild from Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on Tuesday, December 7, 2004
The winner of THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, the New York Times No.1 Bestseller and the worldwide literary sensation, The Corrections has established itself as a truly great American novel. After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of their own lives. The oldest, Gary, a once-stable portfolio manager and family man, is trying to convince his wife and himself, despite clear signs to the contrary, that he is not clinically depressed. The middle child, Chip, has lost his seemingly secure academic job and is failing spectacularly at his new line of work. And Denise, the youngest, has escaped a disastrous marriage only to pour her youth and beauty down the drain of an affair with a married man -- or so her mother fears. Desperate for some pleasure to look forward to, Enid has set her heart on an elusive goal; bringing her family together for one last Christmas at home. Stretching from the Midwest at midcentury to the Wall Street and Eastern Europe of today, The Corrections brings an old-fashioned world of civic virtue and sexual inhibitions into violent collision with the era of home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it-yourself mental healthcare, and globalized greed. Richly realistic, darkly hilarious, deeply humane, it announces Jonathan Franzen as one of the most brilliant interpreters of American society and the American soul.

Journal Entry 2 by AngelChild at RABCK in RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Monday, February 14, 2005

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Journal Entry 3 by Apolonia from Lynn, Massachusetts USA on Friday, May 27, 2005
I've had this book for about a month, I thought I had journaled it, but I can see I didn't. I will add this to mount TBR as it was something I wanted to read eventually. Thanks for sending it Caffcaff it was a nice surprise. I am going to lend it to my cousin Ladyladee since I won't get to it for awhile.
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Journal Entry 4 by Apolonia from Lynn, Massachusetts USA on Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Never was able to get into this one so sending it on it's way :)

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