Crossroads: A Novel Children's American History

Crossroads: A Novel Children's American HistoryJonathan Franzens gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social vision has never been more dazzlingly evident than in Crossroads. Its December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joylessunless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it. Their eldest child, Clem, is

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