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Aug 29, 2014WVMLStaffPicks rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
What would happen if millions of people disappeared from Earth in a Rapture-like event? In particular, what would happen to those left behind? Although this could easily be the premise of a dystopian sci-fi novel, Perrotta chooses instead to view the world after such a cataclysmic event through the eyes of a typical suburban family in a typical suburban town. More mildly comic than bleak, this is an intriguing look at ordinary humans trying to cope in extraordinary circumstances.