Perfect Little World

Product Description [Read by Therese Plummer] When Isabelle Poole meets Dr. Preston Grind, she's fresh out of high school, pregnant with her art teacher's baby, and totally on her own. Izzy knows she can be a good mother but without any money or relatives to help, she's left searching.Dr. Grind, an awkwardly charming child psychologist, has spent his life studying family, even after tragedy struck his own. Now, with the help of an eccentric billionaire, he has the chance to create a ''perfect little world'' -- to study what would happen when ten children are raised collectively, without knowing who their biological parents are. He calls it the Infinite Family Project and he wants Izzy and her son to join.This attempt at a utopian ideal starts off promising, but soon the gentle equilibrium among the families disintegrates: unspoken resentments between the couples begin to fester; the project's funding becomes tenuous; and Izzy's growing feelings for Dr. Grind make her question her participation in this strange experiment in the first place.Written with the same compassion and charm that won over legions of readers with The Family Fang, Kevin Wilson shows us with grace and humor that the best families are the ones we make for ourselves. Review ''Stellar. . . . Compelling. . . . Realer and wiser and sadder and eventually reassuring about human nature than dozens of other novels.'' (Booklist, Starred Review)''Bittersweet. . . . Wilson delves into the drama and tensions inherent in this strange aquarium. . . . A moving and sincere reflection on what it truly means to be a family.'' (Kirkus (Starred Review))''Sweet and thoroughly satisfying. . . . Wilson grounds his premise in credible human motivations and behavior, resulting in a memorable cast of characters.'' (Publishers Weekly)''[A] moving novel about love, parenting, and the families we create for ourselves.'' (Library Journal)''Wilson's creative and funny novel examines two young lives in the process of getting skewed, all in the pursuit of art with a capital A.'' (Entertainment Weekly)''Inventive and hilarious. This is complex psychological ground. . . . Wilson navigates it with a calm experience.'' --(Wall Street Journal) About the Author Author Bio: Kevin Wilson is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Family Fang, named a best book of the year by Time, People, Salon, and Esquire. His story collection, Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, received an Alex Award from the American Library Association as well as the Shirley Jackson Award. His fiction has appeared in Ploughshares, Tin House, One Story, and elsewhere. He teaches fiction at the University of the South and helps run the Sewanee Writer's Conference in Sewanee, Tennessee, where he lives with his wife and two sons.Audiobook Narrator Bio: Therese Plummer is an actor, award-winning voice-over artist, and counselor living and working in New York City. She has narrated a number of award-winning audiobooks and has appeared in a variety of television and film roles. As an adolescent counselor, Plummer spent five years using drama therapy techniques in individual and group settings before moving to New York.