‘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-fuelled 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

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