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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Perrotta, Tom (1961-....)
Titre(s) : The leftovers [Texte imprimé] / Tom Perrotta
Édition : 1st ed
Publication : New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011
Description matérielle : 355 p. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : La jaquette porte en plus : "A novel"
"What if--whoosh, right now, with no explanation--a number of us simply vanished?
Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in front of the other,
as we did before the world turned upside down? That's what the bewildered citizens
of Mapleton, who lost many of their neighbors, friends and lovers in the event known
as the Sudden Departure, have to figure out. Because nothing has been the same since
it happened--not marriages, not friendships, not even the relationships between parents
and children. Kevin Garvey, Mapleton's new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process,
to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized community. Kevin's
own family has fallen apart in the wake of the disaster: his wife, Laurie, has left
to join the Guilty Remnant, a homegrown cult whose members take a vow of silence;
his son, Tom, is gone, too, dropping out of college to follow a sketchy prophet named
Holy Wayne. Only Kevin's teenaged daughter, Jill, remains, and she's definitely not
the sweet 'A' student she used to be. Kevin wants to help her, but he's distracted
by his growing relationship with Nora Durst, a woman who lost her entire family on
October 14th and is still reeling from the tragedy, even as she struggles to move
beyond it and make a new start. With heart, intelligence and a rare ability to illuminate
the struggles inherent in ordinary lives, Tom Perrotta has written a startling, thought-provoking
novel about love, connection and loss"--Provided by publisher.
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780312358341. - ISBN 0312358342 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42493904w
Notice n° :
FRBNF42493904
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