The leftovers [large print] / Tom Perrotta.
What if the Rapture happened and you got left behind? Or what if it wasn't the Rapture at all, but something murkier, a burst of mysterious, apparently random disappearances that shattered the world in a single moment, dividing history into Before and After, leaving no one unscathed? How would you rebuild your life in the wake of such a devastating event? This is the question confronting the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, a formerly comfortable suburban community that lost over a hundred people in the Sudden Departure. Kevin Garvey, the new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized neighbors, even as his own family falls apart. His wife, Laurie, has left him to enlist in the Guilty Remnant, a homegrown cult whose members take a vow of silence but haunt the streets of town as 'living reminders' of God's judgment. His son, Tom, is gone, too, dropping out of college to follow a sketchy prophet by the name of Holy Wayne. Only his teenaged daughter, Jill, remains, and she's definitely not the sweet A student she used to be. Through the prism of a single family, Perrotta illuminates a familiar America made strange by grief and apocalyptic anxiety. The Leftovers is a powerful and deeply moving book about people struggling to hold onto a belief in their own futures.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781611732542
- ISBN: 1611732549
- Physical Description: 518 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2011.
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- Citation/References Note:
- BooklistKirkus StarredLibrary JournalBooklist, July 2011Kirkus Starred, April 2011Library Journal, August 2011New York Times, August 2011
- Target Audience Note:
- AdultAdult Follett Library Resources
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- 12 of 12 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | LP FIC PERROTTA (Text) | 36015000648416 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | LP FIC PERROTTA (Text) | 36015001294343 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
