The Corrections
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux on September 15, 2001, is a first edition novel that spans 576 pages. This work presents a complex narrative centered around the Lambert family, exploring the intersections of personal and societal challenges. Enid Lambert, after decades of marriage, seeks to rekindle joy in her life while grappling with her husband Alfred’s declining health and the struggles of their adult children.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of family dynamics as the story unfolds, highlighting themes of family life and the pressures of modern existence. Each family member faces their own crises: Gary, the eldest, battles denial about his mental health; Chip confronts professional failure; and Denise navigates the aftermath of a troubled marriage. The narrative captures the collision of traditional values with contemporary issues, making it a poignant exploration of familial relationships and individual aspirations.
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“A spellbinding novel” (People) from the New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections is a comic, tragic epic of worlds colliding: an old-fashioned world of civic virtue and sexual inhibitions, a new world of home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it-yourself mental health care, and globalized greed.
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 that, despite certain alarming indicators, 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.
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