### Amazon.com Review **Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2011:** Author Tom Perrotta is a master at exposing the quiet desperation behind Americaβs suburban sheen. In _The Leftovers_ he explores what would happen if The Rapture actually took place and millions of people just disappeared from
The Leftovers
β Scribed by Perrotta, Tom
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press;St. Martin's Griffin
- Year
- 2011;2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 210 KB
- Edition
- First St. Martin's Griffin edition
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
When a bizarre phenomenon causes the disappearances of people all over the world, Kevin Garvey struggles to help his neighbors heal while enduring the fanatical religious conversions of his wife and son.
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### Amazon.com Review **Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2011:** Author Tom Perrotta is a master at exposing the quiet desperation behind Americas suburban sheen. In *The Leftovers* he explores what would happen if The Rapture actually took place and millions of people just disappeared from t