She has been interested in Tanner Evans ever since he encouraged her to join First Reformed's youth program, Crossroads. While Russ savors his six hours alone with Frances, Becky Hildebrandt is basking in the lingering thrill of her first kiss. He tells himself that his wife, Marion, is to blame for his unhappiness. Though he knows that inviting her to drive the toy donations to their sister church in the inner-city is inherently wrong, he rationalizes his actions. He invites her to the church groups he directs, and does everything in his power to get her alone with him. Ever since she joined the congregation, Russ has been eager to get close to her. Russ Hildebrandt is the associate minister at the local church, First Reformed, and is distracted by his recent attraction to his parishioner, Frances Cottrell. It is December of 1971, and the Hildebrandt family is anticipating Christmas at their home in New Prospect, Illinois. Although the author employs unconventional approaches to point of view, structure, and form, the following summary relies upon the present tense and a linear model. Jonathan Franzen's novel Crossroads is written from the third person point of view and in the past tense. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Franzen, Jonathan.
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