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Franzen Enters 'The Discomfort Zone'
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Writer Jonathan Franzen's massive 2001 bestseller The Corrections was based, in part, on his own life. His new book is a memoir, The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History. Franzen explores his middle-class upbringing in 1970s Missouri, as well as events in his adulthood, such as the death of his mother, his affinity for bird-watching and his marriage.
Franzen's other books include The Twenty-Seventh City, Strong Motion and How to be Alone.
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