{"product_id":"leave-the-world-behind-a-novel-1","title":"Leave the World Behind A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinalist for the 2020 National Book Award (Fiction)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne of Barack Obama's Summer Favorites\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA 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 Globe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmanda 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShould 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? \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48133468127487,"sku":"*R0037450*","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/7880423482210_84bb8548-7eea-4ebf-81dd-634f41ebc72b.jpg?v=1770085495","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/leave-the-world-behind-a-novel-1","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}