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  1. Obama Reading About Reagan

    Thu, 23 Dec 2010

    President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime," by Lou Cannon, Deputy White House press secretary Bill Burton confirmed today. On previous vacations, the president's reading list included an advanced copy of Jonathan Franzen 's " Freedom ."

  2. Jonathan Franzen Comes to the White House

    Mon, 25 Oct 2010

    the White House Monday afternoon: Jonathan Franzen . Asked how his meeting with the went, the celebrated author of " Freedom " said "delightful." During his was gifted with an early copy of Freedom . -Jake Tapper

  3. Obama Family Book Club

    Fri, 27 Aug 2010

    book, Norris emailed “Wow.” President Obama is still making his way through his advance reading copy of Jonathan Franzen ’s “ Freedom .” - Jake Tapper

  4. Breaking News: President Obama Says "I'm Having a Great Time" On Vacation

    Wed, 25 Aug 2010

    great time,” the president said. “Doing a lot of reading" Among the president’s reading materials is Jonathan Franzen ’s “ Freedom ,” which is not yet on shelves. During a weekend visit to a local bookstore in Vineyard Haven the owner gifted

  5. What Does a President Do on a Rainy Vacation Day?

    Mon, 23 Aug 2010

    Valerie Jarrett and her daughter. No word on whether the president has made a dent in the 576-page copy of Jonathan Franzen ’s “ Freedom ,” of which he was given an early review copy by a local bookstore. -- Jake Tapper

  6. Obama and the Bookstore

    Fri, 20 Aug 2010

    booksellers who met Obama. Obama also bought the book " Freedom " by Jonathan Franzen , the White House told reporters. Franzen is on week's Time Magazine and his previous book, " The Corrections " was a national best- seller. Brendan Murphy

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  1. Last Rights for JD Salinger: Genius or Just Average?

    Fri, 5 Mar 2010

    Castle." "Max Brod made the right decision" said Jonathan Franzen , who won the National Book Award for his 2001 novel " The Corrections . "Kafka changed my life. Obviously it was good to

  2. Top Book Picks for Great Fall Reads from 'Good Morning America'

    Sun, 27 Sep 2009

    special books page full of book excerpts, author interviews and more! Fiction " Freedom ," by Jonathan Franzen From the author of " The Corrections ," " Freedom " is the story of a strained suburban marriage in St. Paul, Minn., and the story

  3. GMA List of the Day: 10 Free Kindle Book Best-Sellers!

    Fri, 26 Jun 2009

    Played with Fire," by Stieg Larsson 3. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nets," by Stieg Larsson 4. " Freedom ," by Jonathan Franzen 5. "A Scattered Life," by Karen McQuestion Here are 10 bestselling free books you can get on the Kindle

  4. Q&A With 'Someone Not Really Her Mother's' Harriet Scott Chessman

    Thu, 6 Jan 2005

    perception of his mother's fading into Alzheimer's. Jonathan Franzen has written movingly about his father's dementia fictional father with Parkinson's, in his novel " The Corrections ." I also read as much as I could about the medical

  5. Can Dylan Stand Alongside Shakespeare?

    Thu, 24 Jun 2004

    any blurring of the line between popular and serious seemed to be at the heart of the controversy when Jonathan Franzen 's novel The Corrections was chosen for Oprah's Book Club, and the author then got uncomfortable with the celebrity status

  6. The Note

    Fri, 13 Jun 2003

    We could lead with The Corrections (not by Jonathan Franzen ): 2003 Note Archives, updated weekly. Click here for The ABCNEWS Political Unit's exclusive major futures calendar and today's

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  1. Franzen Clears Up 2001 Oprah Fallout

    Mon, 6 Dec 2010

    the last and best selling author Jonathan Franzen learned nine years When he rejected TV's talk queen after she selected the corrections as her book club pick. And Monday readers to the author's next book freedom . and took some Winfrey's airtime

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    Don't cross -- brought that's the last and best selling author Jonathan Franzen learned nine years -- When he rejected TV's talk queen after she selected the corrections as her book club pick. And Monday -- Oprah -- France and then she directed her two million readers to the author's next book freedom . -- and took some Winfrey's airtime to explain what was going through his mind back in 2001. Take a -- what happened
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