A review by iwnbh
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History by Jonathan Franzen

4.0

Definitely didn't mean to read all of this in one sitting, but as soon as I saw the essay that had clearly inspired Crossroads, it was over for me. I really love seeing how he has weaved parts of his own life into his novels. Even the small detail of Franzen's brother (who, after having a huge fight with his parents, starts work at a fried-chicken joint hundreds of miles away) is almost a play-by-play of what happened with Clem. Really a nice memoir, I enjoyed it more than his other collection of essays, How To Be Alone.