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Little Children

A Novel

By Tom Perrotta

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| Paperback | 9780312315733

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Tom Perrotta's thirty-ish parents of young children are a varied and surprising bunch. There's Todd, the handsome stay-at-home dad dubbed "The Prom King" by the moms of the playground; Sarah, a lapsed feminist with a bisexual past, who seems to have stumbled into a traditional marriage; Richard, SarContinue

Tom Perrotta's thirty-ish parents of young children are a varied and surprising bunch. There's Todd, the handsome stay-at-home dad dubbed "The Prom King" by the moms of the playground; Sarah, a lapsed feminist with a bisexual past, who seems to have stumbled into a traditional marriage; Richard, Sarah's husband, who has found himself more and more involved with a fantasy life on the internet than with the flesh and blood in his own house; and Mary Ann, who thinks she has it all figured out, down to scheduling a weekly roll in the hay with her husband, every Tuesday at 9pm.

They all raise their kids in the kind of sleepy American suburb where nothing ever seems to happen-at least until one eventful summer, when a convicted child molester moves back to town, and two restless parents begin an affair that goes further than either of them could have imagined. Unexpectedly suspenseful, but written with all the fluency and dark humor of Perrotta's previous novels, Little Children exposes the adult dramas unfolding amidst the swingsets and slides of an ordinary American playground.

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  • The shadow cast by college

    Tom Perrotta’s fourth novel, Little Children, is a book one should read for its last 50 pages, but that means having to read the 300 before to make sense of it. In a book that primarily takes place in a suburban playground, it ends, naturally enough, ... (read full critics)

    spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • The Best Reviews: Tom Perrotta, Little Children

    "Terrific satire" The young suburban mothers watch their children playing together while mourning how tired they are. Each one dreads the fact that yesterday they were the children; today they are adults whose identity is defined through their relati ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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    I'm probably the only one that didn't like this book. I never really got into it at all. I felt sorry for the characters, and I felt like they were extremely selfish for the most part. The ending was terrible. I wish I wouldn't have wasted my time.

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    Heather Landry said on Oct 30, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Little Children

    Rather mediocre throughout. The author would have gained an extra star from me if he had pursued the morality-tale ending it looked like he was setting up early in part iv, however he ended up shying away from it instead.

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    Readingrat said on Jul 29, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Tom Perrotta's thirtyish parents of young children are a varied and surprising bunch. There's Todd, the handsome stay-at-home dad, dubbed "The Prom King" by the moms at the playground, and his wife, Kathy, a documentary filmmaker envious of the connection Todd has forged with their toddler son. And ... (continue)

    Tom Perrotta's thirtyish parents of young children are a varied and surprising bunch. There's Todd, the handsome stay-at-home dad, dubbed "The Prom King" by the moms at the playground, and his wife, Kathy, a documentary filmmaker envious of the connection Todd has forged with their toddler son. And there's Sarah, a lapsed feminist surprised to find she's become a typical wife in a traditional marriage, and her husband, Richard, who is becoming more and more involved with an Internet fantasy life thatn with his own wife and child.

    These parents raise their kids in the kind of a quiet suburb where nothing ever seems to happen - until one eventful summer, when a convicted child molester moves back to town, and two parents begin an affair that goes further than either of them could have imagined.

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    meganzing said on Nov 28, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • This is a real page-turner. In fact, it will keep you on tenterhooks and you will be eager to go on reading without stopping. The best thing about this book? Well the way each character is portrayed and the chance that we have to get into their lives and see how some past events have affected their ... (continue)

    This is a real page-turner. In fact, it will keep you on tenterhooks and you will be eager to go on reading without stopping. The best thing about this book? Well the way each character is portrayed and the chance that we have to get into their lives and see how some past events have affected their life and their outlook of it. It´s been an excellent read!

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    gabriel2009 said on Feb 23, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • Excellent characters, all are struggling in their lives. Though they are flawed, you fell in love with them one by one. You get to know them, understand them and sympathize them. The ending is a bit too melodramatic and too well-made.

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    Oldwave said on Mar 20, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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