Corrections, The
(Jonathan Franzen)
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The Bookclub-in-a-Box guide to Jonathan Franzen’s novel takes us deeply into the world of Enid and Alfred Lambert and their family of three children: Gary, Chip, and Denise. It is Enid’s goal to bring her grown and dispersed family back together for a Christmas celebration—a last chance to have everyone together before something serious happens to Alfred, a fast-failing Parkinson’s disease victim. The entire focus of the novel is directed towards this last scene.

Bookclub-in-a-Box looks at the focus points of this fast-paced and very funny novel and takes you alongside Franzen’s fictional family on their poignant, laugh-out-loud journey as he explores the following ideas:

Franzen has created outrageous characters who behave shockingly in order to better illustrate the idea behind the title, The Corrections.
Franzen explores a wide range of emotional reactions in this unique but dysfunctional family, and brings to the forefront the variety of issues that preoccupy everyone’s individual family.
The novel uses the thoughts developed by philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, who considered life to be a series of difficult trials over which we have little or no control.
This is the novel that Oprah Winfrey ‘de-listed’ from her television bookclub. Read this guide to understand why.

Every Bookclub-in-a-Box discussion guide includes complete coverage of the themes and symbols, writing style and interesting background information on the novel and the author, as well as a complementary RAG (Read-Along-Guide), a quick reference pamphlet offering interesting facts and questions to consider while reading the novel.