{"product_id":"9780312363550","title":"The Leftovers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book for 2011 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Fiction Book for 2011\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller now in paperback—A thought-provoking engrossing novel about love, connection, and loss from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Abstinence Teacher \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLittle Children\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if your life was upended in an instant? What if your spouse or your child disappeared right in front of your eyes? Was it the Rapture or something even more difficult to explain? How would you rebuild your life in the wake of such a devastating event? These are the questions 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 move forward, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized neighbors, even as his own family disintegrates. 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 town's streets as \"living reminders\" of God's judgment. His son, Tom, is gone, too, dropping out of college to follow a crooked \"prophet\" who calls himself Holy Wayne. Only his teenaged daughter, Jill, remains, and she's definitely not the sweet \"A\" student she used to be. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the prism of a single family, Perrotta illuminates a familiar America made strange by grief and apocalyptic anxiety. Tom Perrotta's \u003ci\u003eThe Leftovers \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful and deeply moving book about regular people struggling to hold onto a belief in their futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024392732912,"sku":"9780312363550","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780312363550_p0.jpg?v=1763676712","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780312363550","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}