To listen to the rest of the episode, as well as the whole archive of Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine, subscribe and listen on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or wherever else you find your favorite podcasts. If it isnt, we recommend calling them to order it, as well as telling them how amazing they are. Whether Ireland is focused on the character dynamics or omnisciently describing the terrifying events of the world at large, she delivers an unforgettable powerhouse of a performance. However, the owners of their rental arrive unexpectedly after fleeing a blackout, and the two families-one white and middle class, the other Black and wealthy-cohabitate and try to figure out what’s happened. A married couple and their children head out of New York City to a quiet area of Long Island for a family vacation. AudioFile’s Michele Cobb tells host Jo Reed about the National Book Award finalist performed by one of her favorite narrators. Marin Ireland narrates Rumaan Alam’s stunning audiobook Leave the World Behind, which explores race, class, family, and global catastrophe. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. Suspenseful and provocative, Rumaan Alam’s third novel is keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped-and unexpected new ones are forged-in moments of crisis.Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple-and vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one other? But in this rural area-with the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone service-it’s hard to know what to believe. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city.

are an older couple-it’s their house, and they’ve arrived in a panic.

But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Vogue * TIME * The Washington Post * Buzzfeed * The Boston Globe * The Wall Street Journal * Vulture * Newsweek * NY Observer * Refinery29 * The New York Post * Town & Country * Parade * The Millions * PopSugar * AARP * Publishers Weekly * Apartment Therapy * Kirkus * LA Mag * BookPage * Alma * Lit Hub * The WeekĪ magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrongĪmanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they’ve rented for the week. LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION Vogue TIME The Washington Post Buzzfeed The Boston Globe The Wall Street Journal Vulture Newsweek NY Observer.

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