Little Children

Literary Fiction (Books)

Author: Tom Perrotta

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 wi….Read More

11 Books Similar to Little Children

Joe College

For many college students, spring break means fun and sun in Florida. For Danny, a Yale junior, it means two weeks behind the wheel of the "Roach Coach," his father's… Continue Reading Posted in: Coming of Age Fiction, Connecticut New Haven, Literary Fiction, New Jersey

Abide with Me

After the tragic death of his young wife, Reverend Tyler Caskey, a New England minister, struggles to hold together his own life, his family, and his town, while dealing with… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary American Fiction, Contemporary Religious Fiction, Fiction, Maine, Mute Persons

The Leftovers

What if — whoosh, right now, with no explanation — a number of us simply vanished? Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in… Continue Reading Posted in: Life Change Events, Literary Fiction, Psychological Fiction

Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone

Grappling with her lifelong phobia of anything slick, cheesy, or remotely claiming to provide self-empowerment, Beth Lisick wakes up on New Year's Day 2006 with an unprecedented feeling. She is… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction Satire, Self Help Techniques, Self-Help & Psychology Humor, Women Psychology

Spooner

Warren Spooner was born after a prolonged delivery in a makeshift delivery room in a doctor's office in Milledgeville, Georgia, on the first Saturday of December, 1956. His father died… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Humorous American Literature, Humorous Literary Fiction, Stepfathers

Election

A suburban New Jersey high school teacher confronts a student-body election gone haywire in this darkly comic novel by the author of The Wishbones. Scheduled for release as a feature… Continue Reading Posted in: Dark Humor, Drama, Political Fiction, Teacher Student Relationships, Video

The Wishbones

Everything is going pretty well for Dave Raymond. He's 31, but he still feels young. He's playing guitar with the Wishbones, a New Jersey wedding band, and while it isn't… Continue Reading Posted in: Action & Adventure Fiction, Humorous Stories, Musical Fiction

Cutting Edge

A savage assault with a scalpel leaves Dr Tim Fletcher's body badly slashed in a deserted walkway - the first victim in a series of brutal assaults on hospital staff.,,As… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery

House of Sand and Fog

On a road crew in California, a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force sees a way to restore his family's dignity in an attractive bungalow available on county auction.… Continue Reading Posted in: Film Novelizations, House Selling, Immigrants, Literary Fiction, Read & Listen for Less

Music for Torching

Paul and Elaine have two boys and a beautiful home, yet they find themselves thoroughly, inexplicably stuck. Obsessed with 'making things good again', they spin the quiet terrors of family… Continue Reading Posted in: Modern, Rachel 1963 Catalogues, Sculpture, Sculptures English Whiteread, Short Stories In English American Writers 1945 1999 Texts

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