The Displacements

'Tense, claustrophobic, and all too imaginable' Diane Chamberlain, author of The Last House on the Street'A gripping, full-throttle page-turner' Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace_________________________________________An adrenaline-fuelled story of lives upended and privilege lost in a swiftly changing world.Daphne Larsen-Hall has every reason to believe that her life as an artist in a luxury Miami house with her surgeon husband, Brantley, and their family, will carry on forever.But Luna - the world's first Category 6 hurricane - changes everything. With Brantley missing in the aftermath of the massive storm, Daphne and their children find themselves in a vast shelter for the displaced a thousand miles from home, their finances abruptly cut off.As days turn into weeks, the family confronts losses and circumstances they never imagined, and a world that has changed beneath their feet. When tensions in the shelter reach a breaking point, Daphne's resilience is put to the ultimate test as she realises 'normal' will never return - and faces the shocking truths that threaten to tear her family apart once more._________________________________________Praise for Bruce Holsinger's The Gifted School:'More than a touch of Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies' Observer 'An incisive inspective of privilege, race and class' New York Times 'Snapping with tension, this is a book for our times' Shari Lapena 'Exposes how easily a mix of good intentions, self-delusions and minor sins can escalate' The New Yorker

ISBN:	9781472271549
Publisher:	Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:	Headline Review
Published date:	05 Jul 2022
DEWEY:	813.6
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	448
Weight:	674g
Height:	164mm
Width:	241mm
Spine width:	41mm

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