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Perfect Little World: A Novel

Author:
Kevin Wilson
Read by:
Therese Plummer
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Ratings
Book
7
Narrator
2
Release Date
January 24, 2017
Duration
12 hours 29 minutes
Summary
An Earphone Award Winner

Audiobook performed by Therese Plummer

When Isabelle Poole meets Dr. Preston Grind, she's at a crossroads in her life. Fresh out of high school and pregnant with her art teacher’s baby, Izzy faces an uncertain future. Her mother is dead and her father is a drunk. The art teacher is too much of a head-case to help raise the child. Izzy knows she can be a good mother but without any money or prospects, she's left searching.

So when Dr. Grind offers her a space in The Infinite Family Project, she accepts. Housed in a spacious compound in Tennessee, she joins nine other couples, all with children the same age as her newborn son, to raise their children as one extended family. Grind's theory is that the more parental love a child receives, the better off they are.

This attempt at a utopian ideal starts off promising: Izzy enjoys the kids, reading to them and teaching them to cook. She even forms a bond with her son more meaningful than she ever expected. But soon the gentle equilibrium among the families is upset. Unspoken resentments between the couples begin to fester. The project's funding becomes tenuous; and Izzy's feelings for Dr. Grind, who is looking to expunge his own painful childhood, make her question her participation in this experiment in the first place.

Written with the same compassionate voice, disarming sense of humor, and charm that made The Family Fang such a success, PERFECT LITTLE WORLD is a poignant look at how the best families are the ones we make for ourselves.
Reviews
Profile Avatar Linda F Apr 2022

When I first started listening to this story, I felt myself becoming really depressed - and worried for Izzy - at the whole premise of the infinite family project. As the story unfolded, I was less depressed but always felt the “cons” outweighed the “pros.” It’s an interesting and challenging premise that makes this story quite unique. I felt that the relationship between the two main characters was not allowed to develop over the course of the story, except in a few hastily written scenes, and so it seemed to this reader to be almost a sudden and forced plot development toward the end. Thérèse Plummer works her magic, as always, giving each character a voice and personality - from the men to the women to the children. Love her narration!

Profile Avatar Kelsey W Mar 2018

I enjoyed reading the book, but I feel like the book skimmed the surface of the experience. There were a lot of missed opportunities where the relationships between the parents in the experiment could have been further hashed out, a more in depth exploration of the emotional and psychological toll the experiment took, or different point of views would have lead to a more well rounded understanding and more satisfying read. In the end, I liked it, but felt underwhelmed.

Perfect Little World: A Novel

Perfect Little World: A Novel

Author: Kevin Wilson
Read by: Therese Plummer
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