The Corrections - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Franzen, Jonathan - 2001

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author. Hardcover. 0374129983 . First edition/first printing in Fine condition in a like dust-jacket, signed by author Jonathan Franzen on the title page. First state with erratum slip to reverse reading of pages 430 & 431 laid in; After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of their own lives. The oldest, Gary, a once-stable portfolio manager and family man, is trying to convince his wife and himself, despite clear signs to the contrary, that he is not clinically depressed. The middle child, Chip, has lost his seemingly secure academic job and is failing spectacularly at his new line of work. And Denise, the youngest, has escaped a disastrous marriage only to pour her youth and beauty down the drain of an affair with a married man-or so her mother fears. Desperate for some pleasure to look forward to, Enid has set her heart on an elusive goal: bringing her family together for one last Christmas at home (from the dust-jacket) ; [viii], 567, [1] pages .