Brooke is thirty-three, resolutely single and slightly adrift. She wants her work and life to have meaning - and she finds it at the Asher and Carol Jaffee Foundation, where she's tasked with assisting an octogenarian billionaire in the noble quest to give away his hard-earned fortune.

When Asher Jaffee takes a special interest in Brooke, it's hard for her not to fall under his spell. He's attracted to her intelligence, her willingness to spar with him, her refusal to be deferential....

A novel of money and morality from the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind

Brooke wants. She isn’t in need, but there are things she wants. A sense of purpose, for instance. She wants to make a difference in the world, to impress her mother along the way, to spend time with friends and secure her independence. Her job assisting an octogenarian billionaire in his quest to give away a vast fortune could help her achieve many of these goals. It may inspire new desires ...

In Laat de wereld achter van Rumaan Alam gaan Amanda en Clay op vakantie naar een afgelegen woning op Long Island. Ze willen tot rust komen van hun drukke New Yorkse leven, qualitytime met hun tienerkinderen doorbrengen en proeven van het goede leven in dit luxe vakantiehuis. Maar hun idylle wordt op een late avond wreed verstoord. Ruth en G.H., het oudere stel van wie Amanda en Clay het huis hadden gehuurd, keren in paniek terug uit Manhattan. Er was een black-out. En nu is dit landelijke ge...