Paperback: 672 pages Publisher: HarperPerennial; New Ed edition (2 Sep 2002)
Language -English
"Framed by matriarch Enid Lambert's attempts to gather her three grown children back home for Christmas, The Corrections examines their lives: Enid's husband Alfred, sinking into dementia, her sons banker Gary and writer Chip (now in Lithuania) and daughter Denise, a chef, busily re-evaluating her sexual identity." (Amazon.co.uk)
Although I feared at some pages that I`m going to lose interest in finishing the book, it is a good novel about old age and family relationships. The writer has drawn a very realistic picture of the "games" played by members of a family,for example, the difficult situation when it comes to choose between paying attention to your old parents and making peace with the preferences of your wife. Jonathan Franzen has a good eye for everyday details and his characters are full of life.
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