Pradeep E’s Reviews > Mrs. Fletcher > Status Update

"She knew the bullies were out there, smirking and muttering insults under their breath, hating her because hating was so much fun, and feeling superior was its own reward."

Such a familiar feeling that one can observe nowadays, especially in the smug world of social media.

"Girls wear pink, boys wear blue. Boys are tough. Girls are sweet.Women are caregivers with soft bodies.Men are leaders with hard muscles. Hairy armpits.Pretty fingernails.The Gender Commandments were endless,once you started thinking about them, and they were enforced 24/7 by a highly motivated volunteer army of parents, neighbours,teachers, coaches, other kids, and total strangers- basically, the whole human race."

"In the porn world, no one seemed to have heard of sexual harassment. Doctors went down on their patients. Personal trainers fondled their clients. Underperforming employees found creative ways to save their jobs."

Hehe... For a male writer, talking about loneliness and sexuality of woman characters is a slippery slope but Perrotta seems to have this well under control.

'.. kids binge-drinking and hooking up at parties and friends with benefits and all that stuff, it sounds like a nonstop orgy.

"They're adults," Eve said. "They get to make their own mistakes, just like we did."

"Friends with benefits." Hobbie shook his head in rueful amazement. "I don't even have a job with benefits." '

My first Tom Perrotta novel and it is genuinely funny!