{"product_id":"do-not-become-alarmed-paperback","title":"Do Not Become Alarmed - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaile Meloy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe moving and suspenseful new novel that Ann Patchett calls \"smart and thrilling and impossible to put down... the book that every reader longs for.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This summer's undoubtable smash hit... an addictive, heart-palpitating story.\" --\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe sun is shining, the sea is blue, the children have disappeared.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Liv and Nora decide to take their husbands and children on a holiday cruise, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eeveryone is thrilled. The adults are lulled by the ship's comfort and ease. The four\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003echildren--ages six to eleven--love the nonstop buffet and their newfound independence.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBut when they all go ashore for an adventure in Central America, a series of minor\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emisfortunes and miscalculations leads the families farther from the safety of the ship. One\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eminute the children are there, and the next they're gone.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The disintegration of the world the families knew--told from the perspectives of both the\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eadults and the children--is both riveting and revealing. The parents, accustomed to\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003esecurity and control, turn on each other and blame themselves, while the seemingly\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehelpless children discover resources they never knew they possessed.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDo Not Become Alarmed \u003c\/i\u003eis a story about the protective force of innocence and the limits\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof parental power, and an insightful look at privileged illusions of safety. Celebrated for\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eher spare and moving fiction, Maile Meloy has written a gripping novel about how\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003equickly what we count on can fall away, and the way a crisis shifts our perceptions of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewhat matters most.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaile Meloy is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eLiars and Saints \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Family Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, the short-story collections \u003ci\u003eHalf in Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBoth Ways Is the Only Way I Want It \u003c\/i\u003e(named one of the 10 Best Books of 2009 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), and a bestselling middle-grade trilogy. Her fiction has won the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Aga Khan Prize for Fiction, the PEN\/Malamud Award, and the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Meloy was shortlisted for the UK's Orange Prize and chosen as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Young American Novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42688829489215,"sku":"9780735216532","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/50cd4366ec630ad8a06ea66a92341164.webp?v=1764983459","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/do-not-become-alarmed-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}