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Reviews and Recommendations
We've comprehensively compiled reviews of Freedom from the world's leading experts.
Oprah Winfrey CEO/O NetworkYou don’t hear me say this word often, but this book is a masterpiece ... It’s an epic family saga—it’s got everything—sex and love, even rock n’ roll, and everything you want in a book. (Source)
Ken Powell CEO of General Mills, , is into a different genre of books, the novel kind with great life lessons. “Freedom” is one of those books. (Source)
Ellen de Bruin I had a theory about that, but I looked it up and it turned out to be wrong. Jonathan Franzen said in an interview why he called it Freedom, that he gave the title to the publisher because he really, really wanted to be free. My theory was rather different. In the book, some people explore their own freedom in relationships with others – there is the boy Joey, Patty’s son, who behaves very badly. He’s really seeking the edge of freedom – trying to be really free in that family, and harming other people by doing so. Later on in the novel, Patty explores her own freedom in a way that harms her... (Source)
Rankings by Category
Freedom is ranked in the following categories:
- #88 in Environmentalism
- #83 in GRE
- #85 in GRE Prep