Little Children: A Novel
 

Little Children

by Tom Perrotta

Tom 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... (read more)

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  • Rated 2 stars

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  • Meghan  G

    meghan g said:

    Honestly...I'm no filmmaker but I think Brad just "sounds" better than Todd.

    posted Monday, July 7 2008
  • Ryan m

    ryan m said:

    EXCELLENT

    posted Sunday, June 15 2008
  • lulu_bella

    lulu_bella said:

    Todd was the name of the director, but that seems like a silly reason to change the name of a character.

    posted Monday, July 23 2007
  • lulu_bella

    lulu_bella said:

    I agree. I was completely surprised when the book ended. I didn't realize that they changed Todd's name either, it's been a while since I saw the movie. That is weird. Who knows why they did these things. Maybe wikipedia knows.

    posted Monday, July 23 2007
  • Artemis_98

    artemis_98 said:

    I thought the movie was brilliant. It affected me way much more than the book. The movie is an excellent pages-to-pictures adaptation, in my view. I didn't even realize the endings were different! Or that Todd's name had been changed to Brad. (Shows how forgetful I am, I guess.)

    posted Monday, July 23 2007
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