Little Children: A Novel
by:
Tom Perrotta (author)
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. ...
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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 than with his own wife and child.
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Format: paperback
ASIN: B001GQ3DS8
Publish date: 2006-09-19
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pages no: 355
Edition language: English
Last year when I reviewed Tom Perrotta’s NINE INCHES, I couldn’t quite place why he’s one of my favorite authors. I think I get it now. His characters are beautiful in their flaws. None of them are perfect; all of them are unique. They are beautiful—just like each one of us. Other reviewers credit...
I’ve kind of been avoiding writing this review for about three weeks now because although I liked Little Children enough to give it a four star rating (usually an indicator of a book I’d willfully reread at sometime in the future), it definitely did not completely meet my expectations that I had for...
It's hard for me to say if I liked or disliked this book. There were moments that I enjoyed but the book itself wasn't something that I craved to keep reading. Perhaps it is so realistic at times that it's depressing. Perrotta gets inside the heads of the unhappy adults in this book and tells thei...
If I have a favorite category of novel, it’s dysfunctional domestic fiction. Little Children falls into this category perfectly, and in many ways is more realistic, with more involving characters, than other novels of this kind. It’s far better than A.M. Homes’ [book: Music for Torching], and certai...
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