{"product_id":"9780007419715_freedom","title":"Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A masterpiece of American fiction”\u003cbr\u003eSam Tanenhaus, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel from the author of The Corrections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the updated version of the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the Berglunds, their son Joey, their daughter Jessica and their friend Richard Katz. It is about how we use and abuse our freedom; about the beginning and ending of love; teenage lust; the unexpectedness of adult life; why we compete with our friends; how we betray those closest to us; and why things almost never work out as they ‘should’. It is a story about the human heart, and what it leads us to do to ourselves and each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his first novel since The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen has given us an epic of contemporary love and marriage. In charting the mistakes and joys of Freedom's intensely realized characters, as they struggle to learn how to live in an ever more confusing world, Franzen has produced an indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Franzen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47275068915861,"sku":"9780007419715","price":13.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007419715.jpg?v=1776889769","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007419715_freedom","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}