Little Children

Little Children (2004) by Tom Perrotta. Men and women struggle with various aspects of suburban parenting in this novel. Stay-at-home dad Todd and stay-at-home mom Sarah meet on the playground and fireworks ensue. Meanwhile, the community where they live is disrupted by a retired cop's outrage over a sex criminal who has come to live in their midst. The story is well told and the book is readable, but I found the ending a bit anticlimactic. Grade: B