{"product_id":"9780735216532","title":"Do Not Become Alarmed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe moving and suspenseful new novel that Ann Patchett calls \"smart and thrilling and impossible to put down... the book that every reader longs for.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“This summer’s undoubtable smash hit… an addictive, heart-palpitating story.” —\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe sun is shining, the sea is blue, the children have disappeared.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Liv and Nora decide to take their husbands and children on a holiday cruise,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eeveryone is thrilled. The adults are lulled by the ship’s comfort and ease. The four\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003echildren—ages six to eleven—love the nonstop buffet and their newfound independence.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBut when they all go ashore for an adventure in Central America, a series of minor\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emisfortunes and miscalculations leads the families farther from the safety of the ship. One\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eminute the children are there, and the next they’re gone.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The disintegration of the world the families knew—told from the perspectives of both the\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eadults and the children—is both riveting and revealing. The parents, accustomed to\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003esecurity and control, turn on each other and blame themselves, while the seemingly\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehelpless children discover resources they never knew they possessed.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDo Not Become Alarmed \u003c\/i\u003eis a story about the protective force of innocence and the limits\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof parental power, and an insightful look at privileged illusions of safety. Celebrated for\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eher spare and moving fiction, Maile Meloy has written a gripping novel about how\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003equickly what we count on can fall away, and the way a crisis shifts our perceptions of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewhat matters most.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027968934128,"sku":"9780735216532","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780735216532_p0.jpg?v=1763627430","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780735216532","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}