Books like Little children by Tom Perrotta
Tom Perrotta launches readers into a deceptively calm suburban landscape where four parents—Todd, Sarah, Richard, and Mary Ann—manage their domestic lives and the roller‑coaster of parenthood. Their seemingly ordinary existence is disrupted when a convicted child molester moves back into their community, and the arrival sparks tension and hidden desires. The novel examines the fragility of family, intense personal secrets, and moral ambiguity amid the backdrop of everyday American life, all filtered through Perrotta’s sharply observant, darkly humorous prose.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Psychological Fiction/Relationship Drama
Authors: Tom Perrotta
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