Jonathan Franzen - Freedom

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Adult Event

Start: 09/17/2010 7:00 pm

What has happened to Patty and Walter Berglund’s perfect family? Why has their teenage son moved in with the aggressively Republican family next door? Why has Walter taken a job working with Big Coal? What exactly is Richard Katz—outré rocker and Walter’s college best friend and rival—still doing in the picture? Most of all, what has happened to Patty? Why has the bright star of Barrier Street become “a very different kind of neighbor,” an implacable Fury coming unhinged before the street’s attentive eyes?

In his first novel since The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen has given us an epic of contemporary love and marriage. In charting the mistakes and joys of his characters as they struggle to learn how to live in an ever more confusing world, Franzen has produced an indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time. BookPeople loves Freedom, and we highly recommend this event.

Signing guidelines:

Jonathan Franzen will sign all copies of Freedom purchased from BookPeople. He will also sign any copies of his backlist titles purchased from BookPeople.

He will sign up to two books from home, as long as you have also purchased Freedom from BookPeople.

No photography or video recorders please.

We will give out wristbands for the signing line starting at 5:30PM on the day of the event. The event is free to attend, but if you would like something signed and would like a wristband for the signing line, you must have a copy of Freedom purchased from BookPeople.