Unexpectedly suspenseful, but written with all the fluency and dark humor of Tom Perrotta's The Wishbones & Joe College, Little Children exposes the adult dramas unfolding amidst the swingsets and slides of an ordinary American playground.
“In this satirical suburban novel... Perrotta's unsparing eye registers sullen teenage skateboarders, a vicious amateur football league and a women's book group discussing Madame Bovary over goat cheese and Chardonnay... readers will await the inevitable crash with horrified glee.” (Newsweek)