Do Not Become Alarmed: A Novel

Do Not Become Alarmed: A Novel

The moving and suspenseful new novel that Ann Patchett calls "smart and thrilling and impossible to put down... the book that every reader longs for."

â€œThis summerâ€™s undoubtable smash hitâ€¦ an addictive, heart-palpitating story.â€ â€”Marie Claire

The sun is shining, the sea is blue, the children have disappeared.

When Liv and Nora decide to take their husbands and children on a holiday cruise, everyone is thrilled. The adults are lulled by the shipâ€™s comfort and ease. The four childrenâ€”ages six to elevenâ€”love the nonstop buffet and their newfound independence. But when they all go ashore for an adventure in Central America, a series of minor misfortunes and miscalculations leads the families farther from the safety of the ship. One minute the children are there, and the next theyâ€™re gone.
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The disintegration of the world the families knewâ€”told from the perspectives of both the adults and the childrenâ€”is both riveting and revealing. The parents, accustomed to security and control, turn on each other and blame themselves, while the seemingly helpless children discover resources they never knew they possessed.
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Do Not Become Alarmed is a story about the protective force of innocence and the limits of parental power, and an insightful look at privileged illusions of safety. Celebrated for her spare and moving fiction, Maile Meloy has written a gripping novel about how quickly what we count on can fall away, and the way a crisis shifts our perceptions of what matters most.
Country USA
Manufacturer Riverhead Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-06-06
UnitCount 1
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Riverhead Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-06-06
UnitCount	1
Format	Kindle eBook

Do Not Become Alarmed: A Novel

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