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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 couple-it’s their house, and they’ve arrived in a panic.

But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan AlamĪ Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!įinalist for the 2020 National Book Award in FictionĪ Best Book of the Year From: The Washington Post * Time * NPR * Elle * Esquire * Kirkus * Library Journal * The Chicago Public Library * The New York Public Library * BookPage * The Globe and Mail * EW.com * The LA Times * USA Today * InStyle * The New Yorker * AARP * Publisher's Lunch * LitHub * Book Marks * Electric Literature * Brooklyn Based * The Boston GlobeĪ magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong.įrom 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.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. Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Written for the Screen and Directed by Sam Esmail.

Readers are given clues to events in the outside world even as the characters remain unaware, but much is left unexplained, leaving the disquiet to linger long after the finish.Soon to be a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. Amanda and Clay don’t know what to believe, and Alam’s writing palpably captures their uneasiness, vulnerability, and fear for their children, with the narrative at turns riveting and disconcerting but in the best way. Electricity is on at the rental home, and all seems well, but there is no phone signal or internet access.

Their vacation bubble is abruptly burst when Ruth and G.H., the homeowners, unexpectedly come knocking late one night, bringing news of a major blackout in New York City. Initially, the book seems to be about a modern marriage and family, priorities and choices, and how one measures success in the 21st century, and it is.

This latest from Alam ( That Kind of Mother) is so clever and so subtle that it draws readers into a false sense of security and understanding, much like that experienced by Amanda and Clay, who have brought their children to a lovely rental home on Long Island.