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Book SynopsisThe moving and suspenseful new novel that Ann Patchett calls smart and thrilling and impossible to put down... the book that every reader longs for.
“This summer’s undoubtable smash hit… an addictive, heart-palpitating story.” —Marie Claire
The sun is shining, the sea is blue, the children have disappeared.
When Liv and Nora decide to take their husbands and children on a holiday cruise,
everyone is thrilled. The adults are lulled by the ship’s comfort and ease. The four
children—ages six to eleven—love the nonstop buffet and their newfound independence.
But when they all go ashore for an adventure in Central America, a series of minor
misfortunes and miscalculations leads the families farther from the safety of the ship. One
minute the children are there, and the next they’re gone.
The disintegration of the wor
