{"product_id":"freedom-paperback-4","title":"Freedom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Franzen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the John Gardner Fiction Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Jonathan Franzen, the author of \u003ci\u003eCrossroads\u003c\/i\u003e, is a masterly novel of contemporary love and marriage, a brilliant charting of the temptations and burdens of liberty: the thrills of teenage lust, the shaken compromises of middle age, the wages of suburban sprawl, and the heavy weight of empire\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatty and Walter Berglund were the pioneers of old St. Paul--the gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the avant garde of the Whole Foods generation. But now, in the new millennium, they have become a mystery. Why has their teenage son moved in with the aggressively Republican family next door? Why has Walter, once an environmental lawyer, taken a job working with Big Coal? Most startling of all, why has Patty, the perfect neighbor, turned into the local Fury? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatty and Walter Berglund are indelible characters, and their mistakes and joys, as they struggle to learn how to live in an ever more confusing world, have become touchstones of contemporary American reality.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Franzen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five novels, including\u003ci\u003e The Corrections, Purity\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCrossroads\u003c\/i\u003e, and five works of nonfiction, most recently \u003ci\u003eFarther Away\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe End of the End of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 8.22 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Freedom\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42100783284359,"sku":"9781250823991","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e7292bcf11216de91ca088cb7389e6ae.webp?v=1732387714","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/freedom-paperback-4","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}