Jonathan Franzen wrote Crossroads, a novel about a family living near Chicago. The family consists of four kids and their parents. The kids are are PK's (preacher's kids) and their father is a minister at a church in Illinois. Three of the four kids are boys. The eldest is Clem who is 19 and away at college. Becky is a junior in high school. Perry is a 7th grader and Judson is in 4th grade. Russ and Marion are the parents and it is Christmas time in 1971. There is a youth group at the church called crossroads. Russ and another preacher are struggling with each other over control of the youth group making things awkward for his children. The book details what happens to each family member over the next several years and also gives us details of Russ and Marion's marriage and their upbringing. I understand this is the first of a trilogy the author plans to write. This was a long book of 592 pages but I think I will read the sequels because these PK's are interesting characters.
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