The Displacements

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'Hypnotic' New York Times

'A gripping, full-throttle page-turner' Miranda Cowley Heller, bestselling author of The Paper Palace

Daphne Larsen-Hall has every reason to believe that her life as an artist in a luxury Miami house with her surgeon husband, Brantley, and their children, will carry on forever.

But Luna - the world's first Category 6 hurricane - changes everything. With Brantley missing, and their finances abruptly cut off, the family find themselves in a vast shelter for the displaced a thousand miles from home.

As days turn into weeks, the Larsen-Halls confront losses and circumstances they never imagined, and a world changed beneath their feet. But when tensions in the shelter reach a breaking point, and shocking truths threaten to tear her family apart, Daphne's resilience is put to the ultimate test.

'Tense, claustrophobic, and all too imaginable' Diane Chamberlain

'Riveting' Mary Beth Keane

Praise for Bruce Holsinger's The Gifted School:

'More than a touch of Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies' Observer

'An incisive inspective of privilege, race and class' New York Times

'Snapping with tension, this is a book for our times' Shari Lapena

'Exposes how easily a mix of good intentions, self-delusions and minor sins can escalate' The New Yorker

Reviews

A riveting and humbling reminder of how precarious our lives are -- Mary Beth Keane, bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes
A propulsive family drama and a provocative story of human dignity, human indignity, and the deeper meanings of home -- Miranda Cowley Heller, bestselling author of The Paper Palace
Urgent, powerful, unputdownable -- Amitav Ghosh
Brilliantly imagined and terrifyingly believable * Kirkus *
The Displacements is tense, claustrophobic, and all too imaginable. A reminder that disaster doesn't only happen to other people, that in a heartbeat each of us can be put to the test in a desperate search for physical and emotional survival. Holsinger's beautifully drawn characters are made even more human by their relatable vulnerability in this gripping, twisty drama -- Diane Chamberlain
A profound and devastating story of survival and hope * Woman's Own *

Author Bio

Bruce Holsinger is a novelist based in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he teaches at the University of Virginia. He is the receipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. The Displacements is his fourth novel.