This is the question confronting the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, a formerly comfortable suburban community that lost over a hundred people in the Sudden Departure. What if the Rapture happened and you got left behind? Or what if it wasn’t the Rapture at all, but something murkier, a burst of mysterious, apparently random disappearances that shattered the world in a single moment, dividing history into Before and After, leaving no one unscathed? How would you rebuild your life in the wake of such a devastating event? “Perrotta has delivered a troubling disquisition on how ordinary people react to extraordinary and inexplicable events, the power of family to hurt and to heal, and the unobtrusive ease with which faith can slide into fanaticism.” - Stephen King Named one of the Best Books of 2011 by O the Oprah Magazine, Kirkus Reviews,, GQ, NPR (“Fresh Air”), The Washington Post, The Seattle Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Miami Herald, and BookPage.
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