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Freedom

by Jonathan Franzen

Tracing the lives of the Berglund family over three decades, this novel follows the unravelling of their idealised Midwestern existence. It examines themes of personal freedom and the complexities of modern relationships within contemporary American society.

Accession 7481 ISBN 9780007269754 Publisher Fourth Estate
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Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul--the gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the avant-garde of the Whole Foods generation. Patty was the ideal sort of neighbor, an enviably perfect mother, and the wife of Walter's dreams. Together, Patty and Walter--and environmental lawyer, commuter cyclist and total family man--were doing their part to build a better world. But now, in the new millennium, something is happening to the Berlunds. --Publisher's synopsis.

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