![]() ![]() The other major policy of his tenure in office is an effort to ease tension between the town and the Guilty Remnant (GR), an ascetic religious group that aims to provoke people into remembering the losses of the event and how meaningless life is. Kevin stresses the importance of returning to normality as a way for the survivors to cope through initiatives like survivors' mixers and adult recreation leagues. Afterwards, he is compelled to run for mayor of Mapleton to replace the psychologically compromised incumbent. Kevin Garvey, the patriarch of the Garvey family, is a prominent local businessman enjoying early retirement during the event. The story is told episodically, revolving around the four members of the Garvey family, who have each begun an unlikely relationship following the event. Several years after a rapture-like event in which millions of people worldwide suddenly vanish without explanation, the citizens of Mapleton are still struggling to cope with the massive loss and resulting culture shift. A television adaptation premiered on HBO on June 29, 2014. The billions left behind are all touched by the loss of loved ones in the "Sudden Departure", compounded by the significant social and philosophical concerns and implications of what it means to be left behind, when others were chosen. The Leftovers is a 2011 novel by American author Tom Perrotta chronicling life on earth after a rapture-like event takes some and leaves others behind. ![]()
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