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The Displacements

A Novel

by Bruce Holsinger
Austenne Grey
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“Hypnotic.” – New York Times
“Cinematic.” – USA Today
"I gripped the covers of this book as though it might be blown from my hands. . .powerful." - Ron Charles, The Washington Post
"A full-throttle page turner."– Miranda Cowley Heller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper Palace
An adrenaline-fueled story of lives upended and transformed by an unprecedented catastrophe

To all appearances, the Larsen-Hall family has everything: healthy children, a stable marriage, a lucrative career for Brantley, and the means for Daphne to pursue her art full-time. Their deluxe new Miami life has just clicked into place when Luna—the world’s first category 6 hurricane—upends everything they have taken for granted.
 
When the storm makes landfall, it triggers a descent of another sort. Their home destroyed, two of its members missing, and finances abruptly cut off, the family finds everything they assumed about their lives now up for grabs. Swept into a mass rush of evacuees from across the American South, they are transported hundreds of miles to a FEMA megashelter where their new community includes an insurance-agent-turned-drug dealer, a group of vulnerable children, and a dedicated relief worker trying to keep the peace. Will “normal” ever return?
 
A suspenseful read plotted on a vast national tapestry, The Displacements thrillingly explores what happens when privilege is lost and resilience is tested in a swiftly changing world.

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    July 5, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9780593584491
      • File size: 391393 KB
      • Duration: 13:35:24

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 9, 2022
      In Holsinger’s harrowing novel of environmental disaster (after The Gifted School), an unprecedented category 6 hurricane obliterates Miami and disrupts a once-charmed family. Before the storm hits, Daphne Larsen-Hall has a great life—pampered wife of a wealthy surgeon, with a two-million-dollar home in Coral Gables and two bright children, Oliver and Mia. But after Hurricane Luna, Daphne’s life is upended. Homeless and penniless due to a cascading series of setbacks, she and the children end up evacuated to a megashelter in Oklahoma run by no-nonsense FEMA official Rain Holton. There, among 10,000 other evacuees, her sullen stepson Gavin falls under the spell of two drug dealers and Mia becomes obsessed with playing a kids’ game called Range. Then, after the final indignity of losing her wedding and engagement rings, Daphne decides to become an art teacher in the camp. Two months in, many evacuees have formed “ethnic enclaves,” including one called Crackertown, which Holsinger describes as a “dark edge of pride in self-designation.” Then Rain contends with a new weather emergency threatening the shelter. Holsinger does a good job exploring the country’s cultural and economic divisions and the effects of climate change, and is even better with the characters and their ever-mounting problems. This story of displacement and desperation packs a wallop.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      If an unprecedented Category 6 hurricane were to obliterate South Florida, what would happen to its tens of thousands of displaced residents? Austenne Grey narrates this provocative novel, which recounts the ensuing social upheaval. Grey's narration is most appealing as the voice of Daphne, a wealthy mom whose world is shattered when, without money or credit cards, she leads her kids to a government mass shelter in Oklahoma. As the vast tent city develops its own microcosm of society, Grey portrays the well-intentioned FEMA manager and a shady insurance salesman. Grey presents a sufficient performance, providing only modest characterizations that don't help the listener follow the more complicated scenes. This unsettling story of devastation due to global warming would do well on the screen. N.M.C. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      The Larson-Hall family has it all, or so they think. When a category 6 hurricane--the first in the world--hits their home, everything they know is suddenly in question. In the chaos caused by the landfall of hurricane Luna, two family members go missing, and, with no access to their money, they are forced to evacuate to a FEMA displaced persons camp in Oklahoma. Will the world regain its equilibrium, or will things never be the same again? Holsinger (The Gifted School) has written a beautiful, heartfelt, and disconcerting look at the end of the world caused by climate change. Skillfully narrated by Austenne Grey, this book explores the consequences of our willful ignorance toward climate change, extremism, and nationalism. Grey's narration enhances the story, as she deftly portrays the characters' struggle to survive in this new world. VERDICT This book will no doubt take its place among classic apocalyptic literature. Share with fans of Station Eleven, The Age of Miracles, and other literary apocalyptic novels.--Elyssa Everling

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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