LEADER 00000cam 2200517 i 4500 003 TLC 005 20151211220806.0 006 m d 007 cr unu|||||||| 008 151211t20162013nyu o 000 1 eng d 020 9781476794259 (electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)934707506 037 5631B3A0-6123-4A5D-B0A8-1AD85842C030|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 TLC|cTLC|dTLC|erda 043 n-us-ma 082 00 813/.54 082 00 813/.54|223 099 eBook OverDrive/Libby 100 1 Berne, Suzanne,|eauthor. 245 14 The dogs of Littlefield|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource]|cSuzanne Berne. 264 1 New York :|bSimon & Schuster,|c2016. 264 4 |c©2013 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rda 380 Fiction|2marcgt 380 eBook|2tlcgt 385 General|2tlctarget 500 Electronic book. 520 "A "brilliantly done" (Sunday Times, London) comedy of manners that explores the unease behind the manicured lawns of suburban America from the Orange Prize-winning author of A Crime in the Neighborhood. Littlefield, Massachusetts, named one of the Ten Best Places to Live in America, full of psychologists and college professors, is proud of its fine schools, its girls' soccer teams, its leafy streets, and charming village center. Yet no sooner has sociologist Dr. Clarice Watkins arrived to study the elements of "good quality of life" than someone begins poisoning the town's dogs. Are the poisonings in protest to an off-leash proposal for Baldwin Park--the subject of much town debate--or the sign of a far deeper disorder? Certainly these types of things don't happen in Littlefield. With an element of suspense, satirical social commentary, and in-depth character portraits, Suzanne Berne's nuanced novel reveals the discontent concealed behind the manicured lawns and picket fences of darkest suburbia. The Dogs of Littlefield is "a compelling, poignant yet unsentimental novel that examines life, love, and loss" (Sunday Mirror, UK)"--|cProvided by publisher. 533 Electronic reproduction.|bNew York|cSimon & Schuster|d2016 |nAvailable via World Wide Web. 650 0 Women sociologists|vFiction. 650 0 Dogs|zMassachusetts|vFiction. 650 0 City and town life|zMassachusetts|vFiction. 655 0 Electronic books. 655 7 Mystery fiction.|2gsafd 655 7 Satire.|2gsafd 710 2 OverDrive, Inc.,|edistributor. 856 40 |zAvailable on OverDrive/Libby|uhttps:// naperville.overdrive.com/media/2179187 856 42 |zClick here to access excerpt|uhttps:// samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5631b3a0-6123-4a5d-b0a8- 1ad85842c030&.epub-sample.overdrive.com