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Original Title:	The Things That Keep Us Here
ISBN:	0440245095 (ISBN13: 9780440245094)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	ITW Thriller Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2011)

The Things That Keep Us Here

Carla Buckley

Hardcover | Pages: 480 pages

Rating: 3.92 | 4488 Users | 760 Reviews

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Title	:	The Things That Keep Us Here
Author	:	Carla Buckley
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 480 pages
Published	:	February 9th 2010 by Delacorte Press (first published 2010)
Categories	:	Fiction. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Suspense

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How far would you go to protect your family?

Ann Brooks never thought she’d have to answer that question. Then she found her limits tested by a crisis no one could prevent. Now, as her neighborhood descends into panic, she must make tough choices to protect everyone she loves from a threat she cannot even see. In this chillingly urgent novel, Carla Buckley confronts us with the terrifying decisions we are forced to make when ordinary life changes overnight.

A year ago, Ann and Peter Brooks were just another unhappily married couple trying–and failing–to keep their relationship together while they raised two young daughters. Now the world around them is about to be shaken as Peter, a university researcher, comes to a startling realization: A virulent pandemic has made the terrible leap across the ocean to America’s heartland.

And it is killing fifty out of every hundred people it touches.

As their town goes into lockdown, Peter is forced to return home–with his beautiful graduate assistant. But the Brookses’ safe suburban world is no longer the refuge it once was. Food grows scarce, and neighbor turns against neighbor in grocery stores and at gas pumps. And then a winter storm strikes, and the community is left huddling in the dark.

Trapped inside the house she once called home, Ann Brooks must make life-or-death decisions in an environment where opening a door to a neighbor could threaten all the things she holds dear.

Carla Buckley’s poignant debut raises important questions to which there are no easy answers, in an emotionally riveting tale of one family facing unimaginable stress.

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This book succeeds on so many levels. The writing is assured. From the very first scene, the author nails a certain type of husband/wife relationship. With an economy of words that evidences Buckley's skill, she captures the nuances of a marriage and all the things that go unspoken between a man and a woman. Going wider, she does the same with the dynamics in a family, in a neighborhood, even in the community at large. Every character, no matter how minor, is brought to life.The concept is huge,

What is it about apocalyptic/dystopian novels that make most people love them so much? I mean, they can't be good for the soul. Great books have the uncanny ability to make you feel as you're not merely observing what's happening, but rather you are right there experiencing everything that's happening. That happened with me and The Things That Keep Us Here (and a big chunk of other dystopian/apocalyptic novels I've read).I was extremely distressed while reading The Things That Keep Us Here. It's

A couple of people recommended this one to me.With my penchant for apocalyptic fiction, I went along.O.k. Where to start?First of all, for more than half of the novel, I thought that this was a young adult book as it was written down to such a level. I thought that it was o.k. as a YA novel though I had read better. I was absolutely shocked that it was intended for adult readers. My mother always said that I should have something nice to say. So, I will say that this is a quick read. In many

This story was very unsettling because it could happen to us at any time. I was discussing it with my husband, and we both agreed that if this were to really happen, he and I would probably not survive.Carla Buckley brings to life a very real and frightening event of the worst kind.....a pandemic. It happens quickly, and within days many people are sick and dying. While I was reading, I realized exactly how much I take for granted in life. Shaken to the core after reading this book, I won't take

What will a mother do to keep her family safe?I loved the way hints were subtly dropped that revealed secrets to come in the backstory. The ending minus the prologue was heartbreaking and that gave it an incredible sense of reality. I am still not sure about the prologue but it did give it a sense of the final story

I didn't know what to expect with this book because the back cover only alludes to "life-or-death decisions." So, when I found out (within the first few pages) that the characters were facing a possible health scare similar to the 1918 flu pandemic, I was a little put-off. If this doesn't seem interesting, don't let it scare you away!This was a fascinating book with descriptions of a normal family in a Columbus, Ohio-area neighborhood in the suburbs that could be any family in any neighborhood,

Extremely Thought-ProvokingCarla Buckley's first novel takes on some very timely subject matter, and it is clearly well-researched. I was impressed with the detailed and vivid portrayals of the many unexpected obstacles that arose as the days of the quarantine turned into weeks. This novel raises so many survival instinct issues (like family before all else) that I connected with at a very personal level. The novel's protagonist, Ann, was a very fully drawn, sympathetic, and fascinating