The Dogs of Littlefield - Hardcover

"Her unique voice comes through in the combination of a forensic approach to her characters' foibles and lyrical descriptions of the changing of the seasons in New England. This is an apparently light tale but there are dark shadows in Littlefield too. Berne's novel is both absorbing and amusing, and lingers in the memory."
--The Independent (UK)

"Berne (Missing Lucile, 2010, etc.), who won the Orange Prize for her first novel, A Crime in the Neighborhood (1997), is a sure hand at the dinner parties, school concerts, teacup tempests, and true moments of suspense that make a suburban comedy of manners par excellence. It's too bad about the dogs, but they died for a good cause."
--Kirkus (Starred Review)

"A look at suburban life that manages to be both scathing and sympathetic, Berne's latest is a smart, amusing satire."
--Booklist

"Berne has done it again with her latest insightful, character-driven, novel set in modern suburbia...[a] thoughtful satire filled with unforgettable characters."

--Publishers Weekly

"A compelling, poignant yet unsentimental novel that examines life, love and loss. Original and brilliant" -Sunday Mirror

"Nuanced, thoroughly enjoyable, excellent" -Guardian

"Very well -written, devastating and funny ... insightful, too. Highly recommended" -Daily Mail

"Brilliantly done. Gentle and often moving" -Sunday Times

"Well-observed shrewd satire ... sharp, funny and painful. Berne takes the domestic and turns it into the majestic" -Sunday Telegraph

Suzanne Berne is the author of the novels The Dogs of Littlefield, A Crime in the Neighborhood, A Perfect Arrangement, and The Ghost at the Table, as well as Missing Lucile: Memories of the Grandmother I Never Knew, part biography and part memoir. She has taught at Harvard University and at Wellesley College. Currently she teaches creative writing at Boston College and is on the MFA faculty of the Ranier Writing Workshop. She lives outside of Boston with her husband. They have two daughters.