Description: Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home that they’ve rented for the week. But with a late-night knock on the door, the spell is broken. Ruth and G.H., an older couple who claim to own the home, have arrived there in a panic. These strangers say that a sudden blackout has swept New York, and—with no where else to turn—they’ve come to the country in search of shelter. But with the TV and internet down, and no cell phone service, the facts are unknowable. Should Amanda and Clay trust this intruding couple—and vice versa? What has happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, truly a safe place for their families? And are they safe from one another? Suspenseful and provocative, Rumaan Alam’s third novel is keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped—and unexpected new ones forged—in moments of crisis.
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Type: Novel
Book Title: Leave the World Behind : a Novel
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Topic: African American / Contemporary Women, Family Life, Thrillers / Suspense
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2020
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 15.7 Oz
Author: Rumaan Alam
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
