{"product_id":"little-children-9780312315733","title":"Little Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnexpectedly suspenseful, but written with all the fluency and dark humor of Tom Perrotta's \u003ci\u003eThe Wishbones\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJoe College\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLittle Children\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the adult dramas unfolding amidst the swingsets and slides of an ordinary American playground. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTom 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerrotta received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for best screenplay for t\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe film adaptation of\u003ci\u003e Little Children\u003c\/i\u003e, which was directed by Todd Field and starred Kate Winslet and Jennifer Connelly.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312315733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.60w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/30\/2005 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tom Perrotta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45078855319733,"sku":"9780312315733","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e7179426-c6f8-40c2-98ac-0cdbe6bf060d.jpg?v=1738681881","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/little-children-9780312315733","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}