Crossroads

Kathy Miller
Feb 5
1 min read

Jonathan Franzen, 2021

Date read: 1/4/26

Wow. I thought my family was fucked. This is a very compelling novel about a really messed up family falling apart. Hypocritical father, somewhat psychotic mother...the kids, as pastor's children going wild, thats actually not that unusual. I really thought the novel was beautifully written and incredibly engrossing. I'm quite looking forward to the rest of the planned trilogy.

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