![]() ![]() Amanda and Clay are normal New York parents. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped-and unexpected new ones are forged-in moments of crisis. Rumaan Alam, author of RICH AND PRETTY and THAT KIND OF MOTHER, returns with LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND, an atmospheric and nuanced novel about two families who find themselves stuck in a remote home as the world slowly changes around them. ![]() ![]() Suspenseful and provocative, Rumaan Alam's third novel is keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple-and vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one another? But in this rural area-with the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone service-it's hard to know what to believe. Leave the World Behind Narrated by: Marin Ireland Featured Article The Best Audiobooks Under 8 Hours Editors Pick I was a bit reluctant to add Leave the. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. ![]() are an older black couple-it's their house, and they've arrived in a panic. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong.Īmanda 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 they've rented for the week. ![]()
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