Perfect Little World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780062450326)

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.

Author: Kevin Wilson
ISBN-10: 0062450328
ISBN-13: 9780062450326
Publisher: Ecco Press
Language: English
Published: 01/24/2017
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2016 pg. 77
Library Journal 10/01/2016 pg. 76
Publishers Weekly 10/10/2016
Booklist 11/01/2016 pg. 26
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2016
BookPage 02/01/2017
Library Journal 09/01/2016
School Library Journal 05/01/2017