Mrs. Fletcher by Tom PerrottaRequirements: .MP3 reader, 116 MBOverview: Eve Fletcher is trying to figure out what comes next. A 46-year-old divorcée whose beloved only child has just left for college, Eve is struggling to adjust to her empty nest when one night her phone lights up with a text message. Sent from an anonymous […]
The Leftovers by Tom PerrottaRequirements: .MP3 reader, 141 MBOverview: Kevin Garvey, Mapleton’s new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized community. Kevin’s own family has fallen apart in the wake of the disaster: his wife, Laurie, has left to join the Guilty […]
Nine Inches by Tom PerrottaRequirements: .MP3 reader, 190 mbOverview: Tom Perrotta’s first book, Bad Haircut, consisted of linked stories featuring a shared protagonist. Now, 19 years later, he has written and compiled his first true short story collection. This 12-story book features a group set in Perrotta’s trademark suburban setting, focusing on the fissures in […]
Little Children by Tom PerrottaRequirements: .MP3 reader, 318 mbOverview: Tom Perrotta’s thirtysomething 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; […]
The Abstinence Teacher by Tom PerrottaRequirements: .MP3 reader, 287 mbOverview: Stonewood Heights is the perfect place to raise children: it’s got good schools, solid values and a healthy real estate market. Parents in the town are involved in their children’s lives, and often in other children’s lives, too—coaching sports, driving carpool, focusing on enriching experiences. […]
