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. reading at a speed of 300 WPM, would take 3 hours and 53 minutes to read Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam. 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. Picked as a book of the autumn by Vogue, Time, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Vulture, Newsweek, NY Observer, Refinery29, New York Post, PopSugar and LA Mag. "The world was over, so why not dance? The morning would come, so why not sleep? An end was inevitable, so why not drink, eat, enjoy the moment, whatever it contained?" LEAVE THE WORLD BEHINDĪ 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. Bloomsbury presents Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam, read by Marin Ireland.
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