Alam, Rumaan <br/><br/>
Leave the world behind   a novel  
Rumaan Alam 
 - First edition. 
 - New York, NY  Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers  2020 
 - 241 pages   Hardback  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes acknowledgements 
<br/><br/> Amanda and Clay head 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. The house owners, Ruth and G. H., arrive in the middle of the night in a panic. They say a sudden blackout has swept the city: the TV and internet are down, and no cell phone service. Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a safe place for their families? And are they safe from one other?  -- adapted from jacket  A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. From the bestselling author of Rich and Pretty comes a suspenseful and provocative novel 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 are forged--in moments of crisis. 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 they've rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G. H. are an older couple--it's their house, and they've arrived in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. 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. 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 other?  -- Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780062667632 0062667637 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020013947 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Families--Fiction.<br/>Electric power failures--Fiction.<br/>Social classes--Fiction.<br/>Trust--Fiction<br/>Fiction--Literary<br/>Fiction--Family Life --General<br/>Fiction--Thrillers--Suspense<br/>Race relations
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Long Island (N.Y.)--Fiction.<br/>United States--Race relations--Fiction.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3601.L3257  / L43 2020 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>Ala   2 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>PS3601.L3257  / L43 2020