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All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. The leftovers season 2 cavewoman prologue was bizarre, but. Author tom perrotta is a master at exposing the quiet desperation behind americas suburban sheen. Apr 10, 2014 with heart, intelligence and a rare ability to illuminate the struggles inherent in ordinary lives, tom perrotta has written a startling, thoughtprovoking novel about love, connection and loss. The leftovers tom perrotta a new york times notable book for 2011 a washington post notable fiction book for 2011a usa today 10 books we loved reading in 2011 titleone of nprs 10 best novels of 2011 what ifwhoosh, right now, with no explanationa number of us simply vanished. Aug 28, 2011 given the subject of his new novel, the leftovers, probably no one followed the story of the noted evangelical and former internet hottie harold camping more closely than tom perrotta, a.
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