Crossroads Fiction_Gift_Guide Irby laughs her way through

Irby laughs her way through tragicomic mishaps

As they plunge deeper into the truth

” —Paula Chase

A substantive deep dive into the morass of campus sex crimes

Ellen confronts the increasing gentrification and policing overwhelming her New York City neighborhood

Crossroads Fiction_Gift_Guide Irby laughs her way throughJonathan Franzens gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social vision has never been more dazzlingly evident than in Crossroads. Its 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 joylessunless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it. Their eldest child, Clem, is