Tom Perrotta
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Formats
Description
When a bizarre phenomenon causes the cataclysmic disappearances of numerous people all over the world, Kevin Garvey, the new mayor of a once-comfortable suburban community, struggles to help his neighbors heal while enduring the fanatical religious conversions of his wife and son.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Formats
Description
"From one of the most popular and bestselling authors of our time, a penetrating and hilarious new novel about sex, love, and identity on the frontlines of America's culture wars. Eve Fletcher is trying to figure out what comes next. A forty-six-year-old divorcee whose beloved only child has just left for college, Eve is struggling to adjust to her empty nest when one night her phone lights up with a text message. Sent from an anonymous number, the...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
358 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Teaching human sexuality from a perspective that information and pleasure are top priorities, divorced mom Ruth Ramsey butts heads with the local soccer coach, a divorced former addict who became an evangelical Christian after hitting rock bottom.
8) Election
Series
Criterion collection volume 904
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter, is determined to be student council president, but teacher Jim McAllister decides to derail her campaign by recruiting another candidate.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (558 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two percent of the world's population has disappeared. Was it the Rapture? A mass murder? Cult suicides? Aliens? Based on Tom Perrotta's bestselling novel, the series follows Kevin Garvey, police chief and father of two in Mapletown, New York, three years after the mysterious event. As Garvey struggles to grieve for his losses, rebuild his life, and regain a sense of normalcy within the community, the world around him grows ever stranger.
10) Election
Series
Criterion collection volume 904
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter, is determined to be student council president, but teacher Jim McAllister decides to derail her campaign by recruiting another candidate.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 475 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In an instant, 140 million people vanished from the face of the earth. The cause of that incredible event remains unknown, and there is no indication that those who are gone will ever be seen or heard from again. THE LEFTOVERS follows the lives that were forever changed by the event that shook the world on October 14. In the third season, the Garvey and Murphy families come together as they desperately grasp for a system of belief to better explain...
12) Little children
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sarah Pierce is a new stay at home mom struggling with the solitude of her new role. Spending every moment with a three year old tests the patience of the one-time English scholar. One day, at a local playground, she interacts with a group of moms and the differences are clear. They embrace motherhood and seem to relish all that their new role brings. One day, Brad, a stay at home dad brings his son to the playground. Sarah is amazed to find these...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 589 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With Mapleton thrown into chaos at the close of Season one, Season Two finds many of its residents searching for a fresh start. Kevin Garvey retires as police chief and moves his newly formed family to a small Texas town that seems to have been spared from the event that shook the rest of the world.