The Displacements

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What to expect

'A gripping, full-throttle page-turner... puts the reader right in the eye of the emotional storm' Miranda Cowley Heller, author of THE PAPER PALACE
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An adrenaline-fueled story of lives upended and privilege lost in a swiftly changing world.

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 family, will carry on forever.

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

As days turn into weeks, the family confronts losses and circumstances they never imagined, and a world that has changed beneath their feet. When tensions in the shelter reach a breaking point, Daphne's resilience is put to the ultimate test as she realises 'normal' will never return - and faces the shocking truths that threaten to tear her family apart once more.
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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

(P) 2022 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

  • 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

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