Little Children by Tom Perrotta

I'm now on to the above - Little Children. This novel features several characters living in the same neighborhood, trying to raise their children amid their own dysfunctions. There's Sarah, a bisexual feminist who finds herself an unhappy mother and wife to a man addicted porn. There's Todd, a stay-at-home dad who is forever trying to relive the "good old days" of high school while his wife nags him to pass the bar and get on with a law career. Mary Ann is an uptight mom who finds the need to schedule sex with her husband every Tuesday and already has her 4-year old on the "inside track" to Harvard. Finally there's Ronnie, a pedophile who has recently returned to the neighborhood after serving his time in prison, living with his mother who still harbors a hope that her son will "turn out all right". In the midst of all of this two characters begin an affair that goes further than they had imagined.

Sounds interesting and I'm foreseeing feeling a simple joy in knowing I don't live in a neighborhood filled with these particular characters. I'll let you know.
 
Update:  Okay so I finished Little Children by Tom Perrotta. Wow! A really quick read with a not so quick storyline. I was about midway through the book when I realized that I was having a hard time sympathizing with any of the characters. Normally this would turn me off but I was too enthralled by these poor, lonely, sad and unhappy people to put the book down. At the same time I was really happy - as I had predicted - that I was in none of their situations: An unhappy marriage with someone I had never really loved. I hope to God that there was serious exaggeration on the percentage of couples who are dissatisfied with their sexless, ho hum marriage. UGH!!! Regardless of this - don't let that turn you off from this book - it still managed to be really, really good which is saying a lot for a writer who can do that. I plan now to rent the movie (with Kate Winslet) and see what that's all about.