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| Original Title: | Little Children |
| ISBN: | 0312315732 (ISBN13: 9780312315733) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Richard Papen, Sarah Parker, Kathy, Todd |
Tom Perrotta
Paperback | Pages: 355 pages Rating: 3.62 | 29232 Users | 2257 Reviews
Identify About Books Little Children
| Title | : | Little Children |
| Author | : | Tom Perrotta |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 355 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2005 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published March 1st 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Adult Fiction |
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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. And then there's Mary Ann, who has life all figured out, down to a scheduled roll in the hay with her husband every Tuesday at nine P.M. They all raise their kids in the kind of 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 ever have imagined.Rating About Books Little Children
Ratings: 3.62 From 29232 Users | 2257 ReviewsDiscuss About Books Little Children
Tom Perrotta is usually very fun to read. I'm pretty sure I've read all his books, and I typically polish them off (meaning I read them, not eat them; you should not eat books) within the day, which for me is impressive. A dinette set could finish a marathon with time to spare well before I complete a book, but Perrotta's voice is easygoing and funny, and a master at pacing if you ask me, so I happily breeze right through. But "Little Children", for which he has arguably received the mostIf you have seen the movie adaptation of this book starring Kate Winslet, which is very good, it follows the book pretty closely until the very end. "Is That All There Is?" Peggy LeeThis is a satire about traditional suburban life in mainstream America. Almost everyone seems to be living the idyllic American dream. Two of the characters, Todd (married to Kathy) and Sarah (married to Richard) feel shackled, disillusioned and unfulfilled by the constraints and trappings of their conventional
(Full review can be found at the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com].)For better or for worse, there are a small collection of writers out there who can be called "movie authors," for lack of a better term; those who have had multiple novels adapted into films now, because of writing screenplay-friendly books or having an amazing agent or whatever the reason. And as far as the traditional literary world, these writers can be found scattered all the way through the
Wow. At over 300 pages, I enjoyed this book so much it seemed more like a short story. It reads like a steamy soap opera with lots of dark undertones and shrewd observations about parenthood and marriage; and characters who are flawed but mostly likable. Even the villain of the piece, a convicted child molester, is portrayed with a degree of sympathy. This man moves back to his mother's home after being released from prison, sending the small suburban town into panic and paranoia. His presence
I should be working right now.But I just finished this novel during my lunch and I can't get it out of my mind. The ending, really.At first, I thought there was something wrong with the Kindle edition. I was approaching the end and when I hit the next page (which turned out to be the last page), my Kindle gave an error that it could not open the page. I went back and forth, and then the page opened, but the sentence I wason was misaligned to another on the new page. So I decreased the font so I
I don't usually read a book after seeing the movie, but there were a few memorable lines in the movie that I was hoping originated in the book. An interesting story about the choices you make in your daily life, combating the terror of normality that hits once you have become an adult, and the consequences of both."What was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little children, doing exactly what society expected of them at any
While not every aspect of the story necessarily rings true, Perotta does a fantastic job of creating a secret world between Sarah and Todd, using the characters' own flaws to develop his story and build suspense. Personally, I don't know that the sex-offender subplot did much for the story and I could've done without it, particularly considering its overall "preachy" tone (which may be unavoidable when writing about so delicate a subject). While I can appreciate that the idea was to parallel a
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