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Rent The Corrections
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Format: Paperback, Abridged-CD
Publisher: St Martins Pr Special
Published: Sep 2002
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Retail Price: $20.00
Pages: 592
Synopsis
The Lambert family isn't doing well. Alfred has Parkinson's disease and a bad case of alienation from his wife, Enid. Gary is a banker with a heart of steel. Chip is in New York City trying to find himself, but losing the battle. And Denise is stuck in a destructive affair with someone very unsuitable. Enid is hoping to steal away with Alfred for a long-postponed cruise, but as things start to spiral out of control, the Lamberts must examine where they are, where they have been, and what exactly it means to be a family in the latter half of the 20th century. THE CORRECTIONS was a bestseller and a New York Times
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Reviews
sometimes i didnt like this book, but most of the times i liked it a lot. it was about a woman whose husband has just retired, but he now has parkinsons disease with a little bit of dementia or alzheimers, and she has to take care of him. she wants her three children to come home for one last xmas... then we switch to chapters in perspective of each of the characters - her husband, her daughter, and her two sons. time jumps around, so we have chapters from when they are young, and now, when the youngest is about 30. they all have such big problems in their lives... it made me feel better to read this book. my grandpa died of alzheimers, which was the main reason i even was interested in this book, but then the trouble people have picking a career, living their lives, finding someone to love. anyways, very good book.