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After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, enid lambert is ready to have some fun. The corrections by jonathan franzen, first edition abebooks passion for books. Unfortunately, her husband, alfred, is losing his sanity to parkinsons disease, and their children have long. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jonathan franzen is the author of four novels freedom, the corrections, strong motion, and the twentyseventh city, a collection of essays how to be alone, a personal history the discomfort zone, and a. The novel was awarded the national book award in 2001 and the james tait black memorial prize in 2002. In 1996, he was named one of grantas best of young american novelists.
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