Amanda also catches a news alert on her phone confirming a large-scale blackout across the east coast. At the house, the wi-fi is out, along with the landline, TV and cell service. It's arranged that they will stay in the in-law unit in the basement until things get sorted. Their main home is in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, but they drove back to their vacation home to wait out the blackout. But it turns out George and Ruth are a wealthy and highly educated couple. They explain that there's been a blackout.Īmanda is initially suspicious of them and is surprised that they could own a home such as this one. It's an idyllic and peaceful vacation until an older Black couple shows up at night, identifying themselves as the house's owners, G.H. They are a middle-to-upper-middle class family who live in Brooklyn. Leave the World Behind is a 2020 novel by Rumaan Alam.Īmanda and Clay drive out to a remote luxury Airbnb on Long Island for a vacation, along with their kids Archie, 15, and Rose, 13. Print (hardcover, paperback), e-book, audiobook
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