The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0374100128 Global Overview for this book
Registered by ResQgeek of Alexandria, Virginia USA on 7/17/2019
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2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by ResQgeek from Alexandria, Virginia USA on Wednesday, July 17, 2019
A co-worker just dropped off three boxes of books for me to register and release. I'm beginning with the duplicate copies.

Journal Entry 2 by ResQgeek at Rockville, Maryland USA on Saturday, July 20, 2019

Released 4 yrs ago (7/20/2019 UTC) at Rockville, Maryland USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

This book will be available at the July BC-in-DC meeting.

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Journal Entry 3 by wingSqueakyChuwing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Saturday, July 20, 2019
Caught! Thanks for sharing this hardcover with me on an unbelievably hot day in Rockville, Maryland. The thermometer now reads 96 degrees Fahrenheit.

I read another copy of this book in 2002. This is what I wrote about it after I read it...

Enid and Alfred are parents of grown children Chip, Gary, and Denice. Enid is coping with Alfred’s physical failure as emerging symptoms of his Alzheimer’s disease begin to show. Chip is failing in his new job, Gary is denying a bout of depression, and Denice is hiding an affair with a married man. Enid’s greatest wish, much to the chagrin of her children, is to get all them together for one last Christmas in their midwestern home town of St. Jude.

Although the author puts everything he has into this novel, it sometimes becomes overwhelming with its size (over 500 pages), excruciating detail, and covering so many topics within its main overworked theme of the story--family dysfunction. It reads as a satire of contemporary society’s ills, but would be less demanding and more enjoyable novel if it would stick more to just its story-line. The novel is amusing at times, with the funniest scene being that of Gary trying to have sex with his wife without her knowing he cut his hand while trimming a hedge. The highlight of the novel, though, is the way in which the author so perceptively outlines the way Alzheimer’s disease so sadly and unforgivably takes over Alfred’s body.

Journal Entry 4 by wingSqueakyChuwing at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Sunday, June 28, 2020

Released 3 yrs ago (6/28/2020 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA

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Journal Entry 5 by wingSqueakyChuwing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Thursday, January 7, 2021

Caught!

Thank you for returning this book to the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720). I'll be saving it to go out for Round #2.

Journal Entry 6 by wingSqueakyChuwing at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Released 2 yrs ago (2/22/2022 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Going out for Round #2...

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Enjoy the book!

Journal Entry 7 by wingSqueakyChuwing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Sunday, March 6, 2022
I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to travel elsewhere...

Released 2 yrs ago (3/10/2022 UTC) at LFL - Mattie JT Stepanek Park (For Adults) in Rockville, Maryland USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I'm releasing this book for...

***The 2022 Oh, The Places We Can Go Release Challenge hosted by awaywithfairies. The book title contains the word ORRE. The Orre region is the setting of the Generation III side series games Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.

Happy reading and happy traveling (when it becomes safe to do so)!

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