Owing to his own early encounters, Oliver Gold, a distinguished philosopher, has decided he can only be happy with a child. Oliver, however, moves in with a widow in North London. He makes all the ladies around him fall in love with him, from the aging matriarch to a pair of lesbian lovers to a little girl named Bobs. Bobs is aged three when Oliver moves in and is aged ten by the end of the book. == Publication ==
Publication
Development Dream Children was published by W. W. Norton & Company on August 1, 1998. == Reception ==
Reception
The book received positive reception upon release. Kirkus Reviews described the book as being timely and disturbing in equal measure. ==References==