Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

?_~His best novel yet ?_? A Middlemarch-like triumph?_T Telegraph ?_~A pleasure bomb of a novel?_T Vogue ?_~A true modern master?_T Independent It?_Ts 23 December 1971, and the Hildebrandts are at a crossroads. Fifteen-year-old Perry has resolved to be a better person and quit dealing drugs to seventh graders. His sister Becky, the once straight-laced high school social queen, has veered into counterculture, while at college, Clem is wrestling with a decision that might tear his family apart. As their parents ?_" Russ, a suburban pastor, and Marion, his restless wife ?_" tug against the bonds of a joyless marriage, Crossroads finds a family, and a nation, struggling to do the right thing. ?_~Funny, moving, crackling with life, it has what all great fiction should have?_T Financial Times ?_~Intoxicating ?_" a luxuriant domestic drama?_T Guardian THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ?_? A GUARDIAN BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2021 ?_? AN INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR ?_? A WHITE REVIEW BOOK OF THE YEAR ?_? A LIT HUB BOOK OF THE YEAR
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