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The things that keep us here [electronic resource] : a novel / Carla Buckley.
When a deadly pandemic strikes, Ann Brooks's town is locked down and, as time passes, she is forced to confront her failing marriage and fight for survival as resources dwindle and neighbor turns against neighbor.
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- ISBN: 9780307715487 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 0307715485 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- Publisher: [New York] : Books on Tape, 2010.
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| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 14:04:59. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Kimberly Farr, Abby Craden. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 202394 KB; MP3 file size: 396648 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject: | Dysfunctional families > Fiction. Epidemics > Fiction. Suburbs > Fiction. |
| Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Audiobooks. |
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How far would you go to protect your family?
Ann Brooks never thought sheâd have to answer that question. Then she found her limits tested by a crisis no one could prevent. Now, as her neighborhood descends into panic, she must make tough choices to protect everyone she loves from a threat she cannot even see. In this chillingly urgent novel, Carla Buckley confronts us with the terrifying decisions we are forced to make when ordinary life changes overnight.
A year ago, Ann and Peter Brooks were just another unhappily married couple tryingâand failingâto keep their relationship together while they raised two young daughters. Now the world around them is about to be shaken as Peter, a university researcher, comes to a startling realization: A virulent pandemic has made the terrible leap across the ocean to Americaâs heartland.
And it is killing fifty out of every hundred people it touches.
As their town goes into lockdown, Peter is forced to return homeâwith his beautiful graduate assistant. But the Brooksesâ safe suburban world is no longer the refuge it once was. Food grows scarce, and neighbor turns against neighbor in grocery stores and at gas pumps. And then a winter storm strikes, and the community is left huddling in the dark.
Trapped inside the house she once called home, Ann Brooks must make life-or-death decisions in an environment where opening a door to a neighbor could threaten all the things she holds dear.
Carla Buckleyâs poignant debut raises important questions to which there are no easy answers, in an emotionally riveting tale of one family facing unimaginable stress. - Random House Digital
How far would you go to protect your family?Ann Brooks never thought she'd have to answer that question. Then she found her limits tested by a crisis no one could prevent. Now, as her neighborhood descends into panic, she must make tough choices to protect everyone she loves from a threat she cannot even see. In this chillingly urgent novel, Carla Buckley confronts us with the terrifying decisions we are forced to make when ordinary life changes overnight.A year ago, Ann and Peter Brooks were just another unhappily married couple trying-and failing-to keep their relationship together while they raised two young daughters. Now the world around them is about to be shaken as Peter, a university researcher, comes to a startling realization: A virulent pandemic has made the terrible leap across the ocean to America's heartland.And it is killing fifty out of every hundred people it touches.As their town goes into lockdown, Peter is forced to return home-with his beautiful graduate assistant. But the Brookses' safe suburban world is no longer the refuge it once was. Food grows scarce, and neighbor turns against neighbor in grocery stores and at gas pumps. And then a winter storm strikes, and the community is left huddling in the dark.Trapped inside the house she once called home, Ann Brooks must make life-or-death decisions in an environment where opening a door to a neighbor could threaten all the things she holds dear.Carla Buckley's poignant debut raises important questions to which there are no easy answers, in an emotionally riveting tale of one family facing unimaginable stress.From the Hardcover edition. - Random House, Inc.
How far would you go to protect your family?
Ann Brooks never thought sheâd have to answer that question. Then she found her limits tested by a crisis no one could prevent. Now, as her neighborhood descends into panic, she must make tough choices to protect everyone she loves from a threat she cannot even see. In this chillingly urgent novel, Carla Buckley confronts us with the terrifying decisions we are forced to make when ordinary life changes overnight.
A year ago, Ann and Peter Brooks were just another unhappily married couple tryingâand failingâto keep their relationship together while they raised two young daughters. Now the world around them is about to be shaken as Peter, a university researcher, comes to a startling realization: A virulent pandemic has made the terrible leap across the ocean to Americaâs heartland.
And it is killing fifty out of every hundred people it touches.
As their town goes into lockdown, Peter is forced to return homeâwith his beautiful graduate assistant. But the Brooksesâ safe suburban world is no longer the refuge it once was. Food grows scarce, and neighbor turns against neighbor in grocery stores and at gas pumps. And then a winter storm strikes, and the community is left huddling in the dark.
Trapped inside the house she once called home, Ann Brooks must make life-or-death decisions in an environment where opening a door to a neighbor could threaten all the things she holds dear.
Carla Buckleyâs poignant debut raises important questions to which there are no easy answers, in an emotionally riveting tale of one family facing unimaginable stress.
From the Hardcover edition.
