The Displacements

'Tense, claustrophobic, and all too imaginable' Diane Chamberlain, author of The Last House on the Street

'A gripping, full-throttle page-turner' 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




Genre: Literary Fiction

"Bruce Holsinger has written a novel that succeeds in confronting the shocking realities of these times without being either apocalyptic or pessimistic. The Displacements is an urgent, powerful, unputdownable novel, filled with characters that are so vividly drawn that it is impossible not to care about them. A remarkable achievement." - Amitav Ghosh

"The Displacements is a gripping, full-throttle page-turner. Realistic and immediate, it puts the reader right in the eye of the emotional storm, alongside its characters. As much as this is a wake-up call about the unpredictable nature of weather and life, it is most powerfully a propulsive family drama and a provocative story of human dignity, human indignity, and the deeper meanings of home." - Miranda Cowley Heller

"A riveting and humbling reminder of how precarious our lives are in comparison to the power of nature, and a profound glimpse into our near future." - Mary Beth Keane