Franzen, J. (2010). Freedom. London: Fourth Estate
This book was recommended as the Christmas read by the Guardian and Saga Magazine.
It pretty much represents people of a certain age, Dr Anne's age. The family happenings remind Dr Anne of her times in Canada in the sixties and seventies and eighties although the Canadians would tell one that they are not Americans. There was an opennesss there not to be found in rural Scotland. Although Dr Anne hasn't visited Canada since 1988 she keeps in contact by telephone asking about the life and times of the next generations.
Will Dr Anne's case studies tell similar stories?
Dr Anne awards 8/10 for this read.
Now to read his first novel - The Corrections.
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Grey Granite looks forward to reading Freedom in due course and will be interested to see how it compares with 'The Land Lay Still'
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