Wilson, Kevin
Perfect Little World
- ISBN 13:
- 9780062450340
- author:
- Wilson, Kevin
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Ecco Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 19.81 x 13.21 x 2.29 centimetres
- Genre:
- 19.81 x 13.21 x 2.29 centimetres, Health & Wellbeing, Family & Relationships, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
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 has spent his life studying family, even after tragedy struck his own. Now, 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.
As the gentle equilibrium among the families disintegrates, unspoken resentments 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. Kevin Wilson shows us with compassion and humor that the best families are the ones we make for ourselves.