Crossroads is the latest novel from international bestselling author of The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen which tells the story of the Hildebrants, a midwestern family, caught in a historical moment of moral crisis. Russ, an associate pastor is on the brink of breaking free from his joyless marriage, unless his wife Marian with her own secret life beats him to it. Their eldest child, Clem, is home from college with news that will shatter his father. His sister Becky a social queen in high school has veered into counterculture, while the youngest child Perry who has been selling drugs to 7th graders has decided to be a better person. Each of the Hildebrants seeks freedom but each of their family members threatens to complicate that.