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LITTLE CHILDREN
Tom Perrotta
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LITTLE CHILDREN

by Tom Perrotta

St. Martin's · 2013

Peak rank

#13

Weeks on list

2

Debuted

April 2004

Chart History

#1510152004

2 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #13

A group of parents, trapped in middle-class stability, deal with marriage, kids and their suburban life in very different ways. Todd, the handsome stay-at-home-dad - the one all the playground Moms admire in a silent look-but-do-not-touch fashion. He's trying (for his wife's sake) to pass his bar exam although he blatantly doesn't want to be a lawyer, and in a desperate attempt to reclaim his youth joins a midnight touch-football team.and starts a passionate affair with Sarah. Sarah is a lapsed feminist who isn't quite sure how she ended up being a traditional wife. She's the kind of mother who (shock horror) is capable of forgetting her daughter's snack, and in a moment's rebellion dares to kiss Todd in front of the mother's group.

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Details

ISBN-13
9780749014810
ISBN-10
0749014814
Published
2013
Pages
308
Publisher
St. Martin's
Categories
Fiction

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