Новинки Тома Перротта

Tracy Flick is a hardworking assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey. Still ambitious but feeling a little stuck and underappreciated in midlife, Tracy gets a jolt of good news when the longtime principal, Jack Weede, abruptly announces his retirement, creating a rare opportunity for Tracy to ascend to the top job.

Energized by the prospect of her long-overdue promotion, Tracy throws herself into her work with renewed zeal, determined to prove her worth to the students, faculty, and School Board, while also managing her personal life—a ten-year-old daughter, a needy doctor boyfriend, and a burgeoning meditation practice.

But nothing ever comes easily to Tracy Flick, no matter how diligent or qualified she happens to be. Her male colleagues’ determination to honor Vito Falcone—a star quarterback of dubious character who had a brief, undistinguished career in the NFL—triggers memories for Tracy and leads her to reflect on the trajectory of her own life. As she considers the past, Tracy becomes aware of storm clouds brewing in the present. Is she really a shoo-in for the principal job? Is the Superintendent plotting against her? Why is the School Board President’s wife trying so hard to be her friend? And why can’t she ever get what she deserves?

Eve Fletcher is trying to figure out what comes next. A forty-six-year-old divorcee whose beloved only child has just left for college, Eve is struggling to adjust to her empty nest when one night her phone lights up with a text message. Sent from an anonymous number, the mysterious sender tells Eve, "U R my MILF!" Over the months that follow, that message comes to obsess Eve. While leading her all-too-placid life-serving as Executive Director of the local senior center by day and taking a community college course on Gender and Society at night-Eve can't curtail her own interest in a porn website called MILFateria.com, which features the erotic exploits of ordinary, middle-aged women like herself. Before long, Eve's online fixations begin to spill over into real life, revealing new romantic possibilities that threaten to upend her quiet suburban existence.
Meanwhile, miles away at the state college, Eve's son Brendan-a jock and aspiring frat boy-discovers that his new campus isn't nearly as welcoming to his hard-partying lifestyle as he had imagined. Only a few weeks into his freshman year, Brendan is floundering in a college environment that challenges his white-dude privilege and shames him for his outmoded, chauvinistic ideas of sex. As the New England autumn turns cold, both mother and son find themselves enmeshed in morally fraught situations that come to a head on one fateful November night.
Sharp, witty, and provocative, Mrs Fletcher is a timeless examination of sexuality, identity, parenthood, and the big clarifying mistakes people can make when they're no longer sure of who they are or where they belong.

1. "ПАРТИАЛЫ"
Партиалы - искусственно созданные органические существа, идентичные людям. Из-за войны с ними человечество оказалось на грани вымирания. В США осталось в живых лишь несколько десятков тысяч человек, которые поселились на Лонг-Айленде. Партиалы таинственным образом исчезли, однако в любой момент могли вернуться. 16-летняя Кира, врач-интерн, обнаруживает, что выживание - как людей, так и партиалов, - зависит от того, удастся ли объяснить существующую между ними связь, о которой люди забыли, а может, и вовсе не подозревали.
2. "ОСТАВЛЕННЫЕ"
Что, если бы прямо здесь и сейчас некоторые из нас исчезли? Испарились, развеялись, провалились сквозь землю? Кто-то решил бы, что это - похищение… Кто-то пал бы духом… А кто-то продолжил бы жить как и прежде, будто ничего и не случилось. Но что-то случилось. 14 октября что-то случилось в небольшом городке Мейплтон, когда сотни его жителей внезапно пропали без вести. Никаких догадок, никаких зацепок. Все, кто остался, - в недоумении, страхе и растерянности. Ведь самое страшное - неизвестность. Мэр города Кевин Гарви всеми силами старается восстановить порядок и помочь тем, кто потерял родных и близких, даже несмотря на то, что его семья развалилась после так называемого "Внезапного исчезновения". Его жена Лори вступила в секту "Виноватые"; их сын Том бросил учебу в университете и стал последователем "святого" Уэйна. Лишь дочь Кевина Джил до сих пор живет с ним в одном доме, хотя она изменилась до неузнаваемости…
3. "ЗВЕЗДНАЯ МИССИЯ. ПОХИЩЕНИЕ"
Много лет назад два космических корабля - "Эмпирея" и "Новый горизонт" - покинули Землю, чтобы спустя десятилетия достигнуть Новой Земли и начать там новую жизнь. 15-летняя Уэверли и 16-летний Киран стали первыми детьми, которые родились в открытом космосе и для которых "Эмпирея" стала родным домом. Они же совсем скоро должны дать жизнь первому поколению жителей новой планеты. Но все планы рушатся, когда неожиданно за бортом "Эмпиреи" в опасной близости показывается "Новый горизонт", а вскоре выясняется, что члены его команды настроены совсем не мирно и хотят уничтожить "Эмпирею".
4. "ГОРОД МРАКА"
Анара - мир, катящийся в бездну. Все здесь очень обманчиво: древние реликвии излучают высокотехнологичную энергию, за членами древнего Ордена охотится стоящий у власти Дозор, но люди все еще почитают Орден. А великая энергия сама же все и разрушает.
Единственная надежда на Галена, Мастера Ордена, и его шестнадцатилетнего ученика, Раффи. До них дошли слухи о величайшей реликвии, которая могла бы спасти Анару. Дозор, однако, тоже слышал об этом и хочет заполучить реликвию для себя. Раффи и Гален разыскивают ее в темном городе Тацероне.
Но за ними самими охотятся дозорные.

From the bestselling author of The Leftovers and Little Children comes a penetrating and hilarious new novel about sex, love, and identity on the frontlines of America’s culture wars. Eve Fletcher is trying to figure out what comes next. A forty-six-year-old divorcee whose beloved only child has just left for college, Eve is struggling to adjust to her empty nest when one night her phone lights up with a text message. Sent from an anonymous number, the mysterious sender tells Eve, “U R my MILF!” Over the months that follow, that message comes to obsess Eve. While leading her all-too-placid life—serving as Executive Director of the local…

Что, если бы прямо здесь и сейчас некоторые из нас (тысячи, десятки тысяч, миллионы людей)… исчезли? Испарились, развеялись, провалились сквозь землю? Кто-то бы решил, что это – Восхищение… Кто-то бы пал духом… А кто-то бы продолжал жить, как и прежде, будто ничего и не случилось. Но что-то случилось. 14 октября что-то случилось в небольшом городке Мейплтон, когда сотни его жителей внезапно пропали без вести. Никаких догадок, никаких зацепок. Все, кто остались, – в недоумении, страхе и растерянности. Ведь самое страшное – неизвестность. Мэр города Кэвин Гарви всеми силами старается восстановить порядок и помочь тем, кто потерял родных…

What if—whoosh, right now, with no explanation—a number of us simply vanished? Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in front of the other, as we did before the world turned upside down? That’s what the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, who lost many of their neighbors, friends and lovers in the event known as the Sudden Departure, have to figure out. Because nothing has been the same since it happened—not marriages, not friendships, not even the relationships between parents and children. Kevin Garvey, Mapleton’s new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to…

From the author of 'Little Children' and now a major new TV series, 'The Leftovers' asks what if one day some of us simply vanished? And some were left behind?
Following the sudden disappearance of thousands of citizens, Kevin Garvey, Mapleton's new mayor, wants to bring a sense of hope to his traumatised community, but his family has fallen apart in the wake of disaster. Kevin's wife has joined a homegrown cult, and his son is a disciple of the prophet Holy Wayne. Only Jill, Kevin's daughter, remains, and she's no longer the sweet student she once was.
Written with a rare ability to illuminate our everyday struggles, 'The Leftovers' is a startling novel about love, connection and loss.

What if—whoosh, right now, with no explanation—a number of us simply vanished?  Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in front of the other, as we did before the world turned upside down? That’s what the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, who lost many of their neighbors, friends and lovers in the event known as the Sudden Departure, have to figure out. Because nothing has been the same since it happened—not marriages, not friendships, not even the relationships between parents and children.  Kevin Garvey, Mapleton’s new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to…

'The Abstinence Teacher' is a cutting portrayal of modern America and the influence of the Christian right from the acclaimed, best-selling author of 'Election' and 'Little Children'.

Stonewood Heights is the perfect place to raise kids. It’s got the proverbial good schools, solid values and a healthy real estate market. It’s the kind of place where parents are involved in their children’s lives, where no opportunity for enrichment goes unexplored.

Ruth Ramsey is the human sexuality teacher at the local high school. She believes that “pleasure is good, shame is bad, and knowledge is power.” Ruth’s younger daughter’s soccer coach is Tim Mason, a former stoner and rocker whose response to hitting rock bottom was to reach out and be saved. Tim belongs to The Tabernacle, an evangelical Christian church that doesn’t approve of Ruth’s style of teaching. And Ruth in turn doesn’t applaud The Tabernacle’s mission to take its message outside its doors. Adversaries in a small-town culture war, Ruth and Tim instinctively mistrust each other. But when a controversy on the soccer field pushes the two of them to actually talk to each other, they are forced to take each other at something other than face value.

The Abstinence Teacher exposes the powerful emotions that run beneath the surface of modern American family life and explores the complex spiritual and sexual lives of ordinary people. Elegantly written, it is characterized by the distinctive mix of satire and compassion that have animated Perrotta’s previous novels.

Персонажи романа - молодые родители маленьких детей - проживают в тихом городке, где, кажется, ничего не происходит. Но однажды в этот мирок вторгается отсидевший тюремный срок эксгибиционист, а у двоих героев завязывается роман, который заводит их гораздо дальше, чем они могли представить.

-A suburban New Jersey high school teacher confronts a student-body election gone haywire in this darkly comic novel by the author of The Wishbones. Scheduled for release as a feature film in 1998, starring Matthew Broderick.Who really cares who gets elected President of Winwood High School? Nobody -- except Tracy Flick. Tracy's one of those students of boundless energy and ambition who somehow finds the time to do everything -- edit the school paper, star in the musical, sleep with her favorite teacher. Her heart is set on becoming President of Winwood, and what Tracy wants, Tracy gets. With weeks to go before election day, her victory is nearly a foregone conclusion.

And that's just the problem, according to Mr. M -- a.k.a. Jim McAllister, faculty, advisor to the Student Government Association and a popular Winwood history teacher. In the name of democracy -- not to mention a simmering grudge against Tracy Flick -- Mr. M recruits the perfect opposition candidate. Paul Warren is a golden boy, a football hero with a brain and a heart, eager to bulk up his meager resume.

As Winwood High experiences election fever, Mr. M is distracted by a sudden attraction to his wife's best friend. The two dramas he has created -- one personal and private, the other public and political -- unfurl simultaneously, with all the players sharing in a life-altering conclusion.

Part satire, part soap opera, Election is an uncommon look at an ordinary American high school, and the extraordinary people who inhabit it.