num_pages: 601
description: After almost 50 years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children are all making catastrophes of their own lives. Enid however, has her heart set on one last family Christmas.
language: English
title: The Corrections
titlecomplete: The Corrections
characters: Brian Callahan, Enid Lambert, Julia Vrais, Denise Lambert, Alfred Lambert, Sylvia Wroth, Chip Lambert, Gary Lambert, Robin Passafaro
genres: Fiction, Family, American, The United States Of America, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction, Unfinished
ratings_count: 179341
places: St. Jude, Illinois, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Audie Award
category: Fiction, Abridged, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Picador