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""Adams is that rare writer who sends out every laugh with a sting in its tail. Most novels fade from the memory. This one sticks."--Peter Travers, "Rolling Stone Inside their picture-perfect homes, the residents of this quiet California suburb are not at all what they seem. Lance is a former weatherman, now a buff yogi, stay-athome dad, and manager of his daughter's Girl Scout troop's cookie distribution. Belle is his precocious and quick-witted daughter. Darlene is a classic Type A work-a-holic, she has little time or patience for the needs of her husband and daughter And just down the street are Alec and Wren. Alec, a womanizing businessman, is also the financial backer--and sometimes more--behind Darlene's burgeoning empire. Meanwhile, Wren is a doting mother and talented yogi, ready to lay down the mat for a quick session with Lance. As looming Santa Ana winds threaten to turn brushfires into catastrophe; "Playdate "proves that relationships are complicated and the bonds between families, spouses and children are never quite what they seem. What happens next door, beyond the hedges, in the romper room and executive office--it's all as combustible as a quick brushfire on a windy day.

About the Author :
THELMA ADAMS has been "Us Weekly's "film critic since 2000; after six years reviewing at the "New York Post. "She has written for "Marie Claire, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan "and "Self. "She lives in New York with her family.

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When a novel starts with the Santa Ana winds about to bear down on a well-groomed California suburb, you know havoc will ensue. In the manner of Tom Perotta's Little Children (2006), Playdate follows the complicated, about-to-explode life of a modern-day, stay-at-home, suburban dad. Nice-guy Lance has given up his career as a TV weatherman to help his high-powered wife, Darlene, start a new business. His days are consumed with caring for their daughter, Bella; trying to impregnate his reluctant wife; and having tantric sex with the wife of his wife's business partner. The early introduction of tantric yoga (i.e., sex) puts the novel squarely in the satire category, but Adams is not completely content to let the story rest there....Discussions of modern parenting, marriage, and gender roles fill almost every chapter as the impending storms threaten everything from Darlene's new business to Bella's birthday party....The novel is an enjoyable... romp through modern suburban life.--Booklist "" "" "Hyde Park resident Thelma Adams knows and loves the movies. She's film critic for "Us Weekly, "and hosts the annual Amazing Women In Film panel at the Woodstock Film Festival. As her very California novel opens, the hills begin to burn, a box turtle awakens inside a Barbie Dream House, and an 11-year-old walks in on a classic primal scene. Astute readers might get the distinct impression that they're in for a red-hot and wildly comic ride, and astute readers would be right." "" Our hero Lance is an at-home dad to Belle, unfortunate witness to the primal scene and owner of the aforementioned box turtle. She's turning 11, and is at a loss in the "finely calibrated scale of playground fabulousness" at Rancho Amigo Elementary (or "Raunchy Gringo Penitentiary," as a graffiti artist has opined on the signboard). Her family has recently relocated from laid-back Barstow, and Belle's having a tough time adjusting to faster and perhaps shallower waters. To her father's


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780312656669
  • Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Thomas Dunne Books
  • Height: 210 mm
  • No of Pages: 291
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Width: 149 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0312656661
  • Publisher Date: 18 Jan 2011
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 372 gr


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