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The dogs of Littlefield a novel

"A "brilliantly done" (Sunday Times, London) comedy of manners that explores the unease behind the manicured lawns of suburban America from the Orange Prize-winning author of A Crime in the Neighborhood. Littlefield, Massachusetts, named one of the Ten Best Places to Live in America, full of psychol...

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Main Author: Berne, Suzanne (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Women sociologists > Fiction.
Dogs > Massachusetts > Fiction.
City and town life > Massachusetts > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction > Massachusetts.
Satirical literature.
Satire.
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Summary:"A "brilliantly done" (Sunday Times, London) comedy of manners that explores the unease behind the manicured lawns of suburban America from the Orange Prize-winning author of A Crime in the Neighborhood. Littlefield, Massachusetts, named one of the Ten Best Places to Live in America, full of psychologists and college professors, is proud of its fine schools, its girls' soccer teams, its leafy streets, and charming village center. Yet no sooner has sociologist Dr. Clarice Watkins arrived to study the elements of "good quality of life" than someone begins poisoning the town's dogs. Are the poisonings in protest to an off-leash proposal for Baldwin Park--the subject of much town debate--or the sign of a far deeper disorder? Certainly these types of things don't happen in Littlefield. With an element of suspense, satirical social commentary, and in-depth character portraits, Suzanne Berne's nuanced novel reveals the discontent concealed behind the manicured lawns and picket fences of darkest suburbia. The Dogs of Littlefield is "a compelling, poignant yet unsentimental novel that examines life, love, and loss" (Sunday Mirror, UK)"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:"Originally published in Great Britain in 2013 by the Penguin Group"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:275 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781476794242 (hardcover)
1476794243 (hardcover)
9781501124747 (softcover)
1501124749 (softcover)
Author Notes:Suzanne Berne is the author of the novels The Dogs of Littlefield , A Crime in the Neighborhood , A Perfect Arrangement , and The Ghost at the Table , as well as Missing Lucile: Memories of the Grandmother I Never Knew , part biography and part memoir. She has taught at Harvard University and at Wellesley College. Currently she teaches creative writing at Boston College and is on the MFA faculty of the Ranier Writing Workshop. She lives outside of Boston with her husband. They have two daughters.

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