This was a Read with Jenna book club pick and got a lot of hype last year. Why I Decided to Read this BookĪaron and I were driving to Raleigh, NC a few weeks ago and wanted an audiobook to listen to. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped-and unexpected new ones are forged-in moments of crisis. 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. 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. SynopsisĪ magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrongĪmanda 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. The book is Leave the World Behind by Rumman Alam. I have been putting off writing this review because I don’t even know what to say.
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