“Within a couple of weeks of starting the Ph.D. program, though, she discovered that she'd booked passage on a sinking ship. There aren't any jobs, the other students informed her; the profession's glutted with tenured old men who won't step… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings. — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“As far as I could tell, he earned his hundred thousand a year by wandering the hallway with a Styrofoam cup of coffee, smiling… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“thinking how good it was to be free, away from the baby and from Tom, too, the two people who couldn’t help reminding her… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“She took care of evyone with the same no-nonsense air of friendliness and good cheer that made her seem so paradoxically wholesome, as if… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
Back then, when everybody thought the world would last forever, nobody had time for anything. — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“Stan and Rudy are grown men. It's too late to shape their minds, to teach them values and a sense of compassion. You have… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
You could say that this book is ripped from the headlines, but that wouldn't be fair. Bret Anthony Johnston's riveting novel picks up where… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
The interesting part about the writing process is that you can never see all the way to the end, not if something is happening… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“Something had happened to him ove the past couple of years, something to do with being home with Aaron, sinking into the rhythm of a kid's day. The little tasks, the small pleasures. The repetition that goes beyond boredom and becomes a kind of peace. You do it long enough, and the adult world starts to drift away. You can't… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share
“They were good listeners, worldly yet easily shocked, hungry for details, curious and nonjudgmental at the same time, always happy to give advice, but… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
