![]() ![]() ![]() Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped-and unexpected new ones are forged-in moments of crisis. Even sunny days have a menace to them in Rumaan Alams novel Leave the World Behind, though the family at the center of the story doesn’t realize it. Suspenseful and provocative, Rumaan Alam’s third novel is keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Requesting interpretations of these excerpts from Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam. 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? 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. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshapedand unexpected new ones are forgedin 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. Suspenseful and provocative, Rumaan Alam’s third novel is keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. ![]()
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