Freedom

Type

Book

Authors

Franzen, Jonathan

ISBN 10

1554688833

ISBN 13

9781554688838

Tags

Literary, Middle class families, Minnesota, City and town life, Husband and wife, Environmentalists, Domestic fiction, Dysfunctional families, Suburban life

Abstract

"This novel follows several members of an American family, the Berglunds, as well as their close friends and lovers, as complex and troubled relationships unfold over many years. The book follows them through the last decades of the twentieth century and concludes near the beginning of the Obama administration. The Berglunds are the middle class suburban family that the neighbors just love to talk about. Walter, the successful and doting husband, and Patty, the tall ex varsity basketball player who bakes Christmas cookies for each resident of Barrier Street, seem like the perfect couple. But life is not the pretty picture presented to the world. When their precious first born is corrupted by the wanton girl next door, the edges fray on the Berglunds' family fabric. An old friend emerges, tall, dark and only slightly disheveled and mistakes are made".

Description

The idyllic lives of civic-minded environmentalists Patty and Walter Berglund come into question when their son moves in with aggressive Republican neighbors, green lawyer Walter takes a job in the coal industry, and go-getter Patty becomes increasingly unstable and enraged.

Biblio Notes

Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jonathan Franzen
ISBN: 9781554688838 1554688833
OCLC Number: 716847172
Description: 562 pages
Responsibility: Jonathan Franzen.

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