Perfect Little World

Wilson, Kevin

ISBN 10: 0062450328 / ISBN 13: 9780062450326

Published by Ecco, 2017

About this Item

Condition: Fine; Dust Jacket Condition: Hardcover in dustjacket. Signed by Wilson on the title page. Signature only. First Edition with number line to 1. Condition is Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. An unread copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perfect Little World
• Publisher: Ecco
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062450328
• ISBN 13: 9780062450326
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Wilson’s
ambition alone is exciting. . . . [His] writing has a Houdini-like perfection,
wherein no matter how grim the variables, each lovely sentence manages to
escape with all its parts intact.” —Boston
Globe

The eagerly-anticipated follow-up
to the New York Times bestseller The Family Fang—a warm-hearted
and moving story about a young woman making a family on her own terms.

When Isabelle Poole meets Dr.
Preston Grind, she’s fresh out of high school, pregnant with her art teacher's
baby, and totally on her own. Izzy knows she can be a good mother but without
any money or relatives to help, she’s left searching.

Dr. Grind, an awkwardly charming child psychologist, has spent his life
studying family, even after tragedy struck his own.  Now, with the help of
an eccentric billionaire, he has the chance to create a “perfect little
world”—to study what would happen when ten children are raised collectively,
without knowing who their biological parents are.  He calls it The
Infinite Family Project and he wants Izzy and her son to join.

This attempt at a utopian ideal starts off promising, but soon the gentle
equilibrium among the families disintegrates: unspoken resentments between the
couples begin to fester; the project's funding becomes tenuous; and Izzy’s
growing feelings for Dr. Grind make her question her participation in this
strange experiment in the first place.

Written with the same compassion and charm that won over legions of readers
with The Family Fang,
Kevin Wilson shows us with grace and humor that the best families are the ones
we make for ourselves.

About the Author

Kevin Wilson is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels, including Now Is Not the Time to Panic, Nothing to See Here, and The Family Fang, as well as two story collections. His work has received the Shirley Jackson Award and been selected as a Read with Jenna book club pick. He lives in Sewanee, Tennessee, with his wife and two sons.