The Displacements
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3.7
Bruce Holsinger
“Hypnotic.” – New York Times“Cinematic.” – USA Today"I gripped the covers of this book as though it might be blown from my hands. . .powerful." - Ron Charles, The Washington Post"A full-throttle page turner."– Miranda Cowley Heller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper PalaceAn adrenaline-fueled story of lives upended and transformed by an unprecedented catastrophe To all appearances, the Larsen-Hall family has everything: healthy children, a stable marriage, a lucrative career for Brantley, and the means for Daphne to pursue her art full-time. Their deluxe new Miami life has just clicked into place when Luna—the world’s first category 6 hurricane—upends everything they have taken for granted. When the storm makes landfall, it triggers a descent of another sort. Their home destroyed, two of its members missing, and finances abruptly cut off, the family finds everything they assumed about their lives now up for grabs. Swept into a mass rush of evacuees from across the American South, they are transported hundreds of miles to a FEMA megashelter where their new community includes an insurance-agent-turned-drug dealer, a group of vulnerable children, and a dedicated relief worker trying to keep the peace. Will “normal” ever return? A suspenseful read plotted on a vast national tapestry, The Displacements thrillingly explores what happens when privilege is lost and resilience is tested in a swiftly changing world.
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Author
Bruce Holsinger
Pages
448
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2022-07-05
ISBN
059318971X 9780593189719
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"One of my favorite books of the year so far! Basically it follows a family through the evacuation and the aftermath of a powerful hurricane. It's almost like this book was written for me since I love reading about natural disasters in both fiction and nonfiction. I couldn't put it down - it's over 400 pages and I finished it in 3 days which is impressive since I was also working! Even though it borders on dystopian, it still is a very realistic scenario with the current climate situation."
"I gave this book a 5 star but really 4.5 because some sentences didn’t make sense to me. But overall I really enjoyed it. Severe weather fiction all in one place. It’s all about the after and “muddling” through with your people."
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