The Rich People Have Gone Away by Regina Porter Hardback Book 9781787335288

Ordinary New Yorkers are brought together in a story of betrayal race what connects us to each other and what sets us apartA ROXANE GAY BOOK CLUB 2024 SELECTIONA marvel A masterpiece PAUL HARDINGPrescient and profound BRYAN WASHINGTONBrooklyn 2020 Theo Harper and his blonde blueeyed pregnant wife Darla head upstate to their summer cottage to wait out the lockdown Not everyone in their fancy apartment building has this privilege not Xavier the restless teenager in the Cardi B tshirt nor Darlas black best friend Ruby and her partner Katsumi who stay behind to save their restaurantDuring an upstate hike Theo lets slip a longheld secret about his mixedup ancestry and when Darla disappears after the ensuing argument he suddenly finds himself the prime suspect at the centre of a frontpage police search for the perfect missing womanA lush study RAVEN LEILANIRiveting and original CHARMAINE WILKERSON