Crossroads /

It's December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joyless, unless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it. Their eldest child, Cle...

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Main Author: Franzen, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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