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Book SynopsisWith heart, intelligence and a rare ability to illuminate the struggles inherent in ordinary lives, Tom Perrotta''s The Leftoversnow adapted into an HBO seriesis a startling, thought-provoking novel about love, connection and loss.
What ifwhoosh, right now, with no explanationa number of us simply vanished? Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in front of the other, as we did before the world turned upside down?
That''s what the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, who lost many of their neighbors, friends and lovers in the event known as the Sudden Departure, have to figure out. Because nothing has been the same since it happenednot marriages, not friendships, not even the relationships between parents and children.
Kevin Garvey, Mapleton''s new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized community. Kevin''s own family has fallen apart in the
