The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Franzen's third novel brings old-time America into collision with the era of home surveillance and New Economy speculation. The five members of the Lambert family struggle with their personal demons—from having the perfect Midwestern Christmas to grappling with depression to running away to Lithuania to commit fraud—while exposing modern America’s insecurities and obsessions. Franzen, raised in a suburb of St. Louis, is one of the Library’s featured authors in the Reading Missouri program that begins in mid-January.
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January 8, 1894: Dorothy Gallagher, who becomes a founder of the Guadalupe Center at 1015 West 23rd Street to aid Mexican immigrants, is born in Kansas City.
