In his new novel "The Corrections," Jonathan Franzen introduces us to the Lamberts, five people as intent on changing as they are paralyzed by the past.
Corrections for the Lamberts: to revise a family's history; to change the path of a parent with the soft-skinned promise of a new baby; to alter the mind with drugs, to cure disease. A manuscript written, corrected, destroyed - and begun again.
Franzen's novel and his own writing process are meditations on our desire to get it just right. With a National Book Award nomination and top seat on the bestseller list, someone thinks he's done it.
