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Bloomsbury presents Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam, read by Marin Ireland. NOW A MAJOR GLOBAL NETFLIX ADAPTATION STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, KEVIN BACON, ETHAN HAWKE AND MAHERSHALA ALI *A THE TIMES #1 BESTSELLER* *THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING PICK 2021*...

Amanda e Clay hanno scelto un angolo remoto di Long Island per trascorrere qualche giorno di vacanza con i due figli adolescenti. Una pausa dalla vita frenetica di New York, una settimana tutta per loro in un’elegante casa di villeggiatura. I giorni passano felici, ma l’incantesimo si spezza quando un’anziana coppia bussa alla porta in piena notte: George e Ruth, molto spaventati, sostengono di essere i proprietari della villa. Un improvviso blackout a New York li ha costretti a tornare nella casa che avevano messo in affitto.

NAMED ONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” 2024 ONE OF THE NEW YORKER’S “BEST BOOKS WE’VE READ IN 2024” ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S 50 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024 ONE OF KIRKUS’S “BEST BOOK CLUB FICTION OF 2024” ONE OF REAL SIMPLE’S BEST BOOKS OF 2O24 “Rumaan Alam is a rarity...

2023 Audie Award Winner for Best Short Stories/Collection Audiobook 2022 SOVAS Award Finalist for Audiobook Narration—Short Story Anthology—Best Voiceover Perfect vacations or last resorts? In this collection of short psychological thrillers, bestselling authors bring trouble to paradise...

Mark has a wife and two kids, a sense of purpose, financial security, and a fragile contentment. However wistful his visions of the future, Mark knows who he is. But a summer trip with his abrasive brother-in-law and unhappy sister-in-law leave Mark questioning everything he thinks he knows about his family—and himself.

Amanda y Clay se dirigen a un rincón remoto de Long Island con la idea de tomarse un descanso de su ajetreada vida en Nueva York: un respiro de fin de semana en una casa de lujo en compañía de su hijo y su hija.

Alice Comstock has always been a dutiful wife and an attentive mother, a perfectionist presiding over a flawless home. She’s reliably been her family’s center, the caretaker and problem-solver, until an illness requires her children to assume responsibility for their mother. For Adam, Alice’s youngest, a return home to California sparks a memory of his younger self. Alternating between the present and flashbacks to Adam’s college years, "There Are Flowers in Ohio" explores how the paths not taken shape all of our lives.

Der aufsehenerregende Bestseller aus den USA über Ungerechtigkeit, Rassismus und die Illusion, alles unter Kontrolle zu haben. Ist dieses Ferienhaus noch ein sicherer Ort für ihre Familie? Was ist in New York wirklich los? Amanda und Clay wollen mit ihren beiden Kindern eine unbeschwerte Ferienwoche auf Long Island verbringen. Doch mitten in der Nacht steht dort plötzlich ein älteres, schwarzes Ehepaar vor der Tür. Die beiden behaupten, das Haus gehöre ihnen. Sie berichten, dass ganz New York im Dunkeln liege, das Leben an der Ostküste komplett lahmgelegt sei.

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY Buzzfeed The Boston Globe The Millions InStyle Southern Living “With his unerring eye for nuance and unsparing sense of irony, Rumaan Alam’s second novel is both heartfelt and thought-provoking.” — Celeste Ng, author of Little...

This irresistible debut, set in contemporary New York, provides a sharp, insightful look into how the relationship between two best friends changes when they are no longer coming of age but learning how to live adult lives. As close as sisters for twenty years, Sarah and Lauren have been...

Now a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. Written for the Screen and Directed by Sam Esmail. Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan Alam A...

Bloomsbury presents Entitlement by Rumaan Alam, read by Nicole Lewis From the bestselling author of Leave the World Behind – ‘the book of an era’ (Independent) – a biting tale for our new gilded age ‘A slow-burn tale of connivance and deceit with a knockout ending’ OBSERVER Money...