The Leftovers, by Tom Perrotta

In between catching up on some classical novels during football season, I threw in a fiction book that came out over the summer – The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta.  Besides reading a few books about the Holocaust, I had never actually read anything religious.  Not that I would say this book was based around religion, but it definitely touched on Catholicism.  The book was a light and fluffy fiction story about a topic that is anything but – the sudden and unexplainable departure of people all over the globe.  The story follows 4 members of a family who all remain in the town of Mapleton after the incident (or as some call it the ‘Rapture’) a year after it takes place.  All four family members are affected in a different way and we get to peak inside their lives.  Overall, I enjoyed the story as it was an interesting and easy read.

Alyssa