The release date for the English version of 'Leave the World Behind: A Novel' by
Rumaan Alam is Nov 2023. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
A captivating book about two families who have never met before but are thrown together for a long weekend gone horribly wrong.
In addition to spending time with their teenage son and daughter and enjoying a peaceful getaway from life in New York City, Amanda and Clay go to a secluded area of Long Island for a week-long rental of an opulent property. The enchantment is shattered, however, by a tap on the door late at night. An elderly couple who claim to be the home's owners, Ruth and G. H., have come in a panic. These strangers say that the city has had an abrupt power loss, and because they have nowhere else to go, they have fled to the country in search of safety. However, the facts are unknown since there is no phone service, no internet, and no TV. Can Amanda and Clay, and vice versa, trust this couple? What's going on back home in New York? Is their family really secure in this remote vacation house that is cut off from society? Are they secure from each other as well?