Little Children by Tom Perrotta
I’d never read anything by Tom Perrotta before but I enjoyed Little Children right up to the end where it fell apart. Guess he didn’t know what to do with it. But the intertwining plots were all interesting up to that point and it seemed like they ought to come together in a blazing climax. If I were his editor, I’d make him do it again. I’ll read more by him though because his writing is engaging and his plot was timely but original.