suburban life

Astonished when her seemingly devoted husband is found murdered in a prostitute's apartment, Susie, a mother of four-year-old triplets, bristles at her neighbors' mixed reactions and tackles everyone from her husband's partners to the DA to restore her family's honor.

Finding and exposing sexual predators on television, reporter Wendy Tynes prompts the arrest of a man who worked as an advocate for abused children and tackles the case of a missing girl before a group of vigilante fathers makes Wendy fear that she accused an innocent man.

Middle-aged Marilyn Grimes is frustrated with the demands that have been put upon her by her husband, children, mother, and mother-in-law, and decides that it is time to put her own needs above those of everyone else.

Presents accounts of three Indian families who decided to leave their homes and move to the suburbs of America, specifically, Middlesex County, New Jersey, in pursuit of the American dream.

Noah is afraid that life in the suburbs will be boring until he meets a clever girl named Bib and an unusual house painter named Bruce Dooster.

Fifteen illustrated short stories, some humorous and some haunting, set in the Australian suburbs.

The conflicts between several married couples in a quiet suburban community reach crisis stage when Sarah, the discontented feminist wife of a much older, porn-obsessed man, begins an affair with Todd, a handsome stay-at-home dad, and a convicted child molester moves back into the neighborhood to live with his mother.