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here's another recommendation that i've been avoiding, thinking that it was actually about little kids. it's really about this suburban town, and what happens there one summer. sarah, a bored stay-at-home mom, starts to experience marriage problems when she finds herself attracted to stay-at-home dad todd, nicknamed "prom king" by the ladies in town. meanwhile, her older husband is distant, negligent and obsessed with his fantasy life. most if it is about sarah and todd, but other characters fill in, as does a backstory involving a convicted child molester who moves back to town to live with his aging mother after a stint in prison. the whole thing had a nice, suspenseful feel, and i kept trying to pace myself better so that i wouldn't finish it all at once, but i really wanted to know what happens. it's going to be a movie, though it looks like the movie might take a different turn than the book does. the book, at least, i'd highly recommend.
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