![]() ![]() Crossroads, out October 5, is the first volume in a trilogy from the novelist, who was raised in Webster Groves. It’s the same youth group that Russ once led. He joins the church’s youth group, Crossroads, to try and reform himself. Becky has inherited an enviable sum of money from their eccentric aunt-and no one else in the family received anything. Clem is a student whose college deferment saved him from going to war in Vietnam, but he’s starting to question whether dodging service was right. As the Hildebrandts’ four children-Clem, Becky, Perry, and Judson, the baby of the family-are introduced, the drama is layered on. Unfortunately, Russ is married, though unhappily, to Marion, a dutiful but erratic woman with a secret of her own. It’s Christmas 1971, and Russ can’t think of a better gift than spending four hours alone with Frances Cottrell, one of his parishioners. ![]() Russ Hildebrandt is an assistant pastor at First Reformed Church in suburban Illinois. Get exactly 100 words into Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, Crossroads, and you know something’s up with the protagonist. ![]()
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