The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

#1 New York Times Bestseller • National Book Award Winner • A New York Times Best Book of the Twenty-First Century: Top Ten

Some books just stay with you. This is one of them.

Called “a spellbinding novel” by People, this modern American epic from Jonathan Franzen is a comic, tragic story of two worlds colliding: an old-fashioned world of civic virtue and quiet restraint, and a new one of home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it-yourself mental health, and globalized greed.

At its heart is the Lambert family. After nearly fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid is finally ready for some fun. But her husband, Alfred, is slipping away to Parkinson’s, and their three grown children are all quietly unraveling in lives of their own.

There’s Gary, the portfolio manager insisting he isn’t depressed. Chip, who’s lost his academic post and is failing spectacularly at whatever comes next. And Denise, whose mother fears she’s pouring her youth down the drain of the wrong love affair.

All Enid wants is one last Christmas together. One more time, everyone home.

Sharp, funny, heartbreaking, and deeply human, this is the kind of family saga you’ll want to talk about long after the final page. Perfect for readers who love literary fiction that gets marriage, siblings, and the messy business of family exactly right.

Settle into a comfy chair with the sea air drifting in. This is one to linger over.

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