Judy Blume - In The Unlikely Event 0.nfo
Title: In The Unlikely Event
Author: Judy Blume
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In her highly anticipated new novel, Judy Blume, the New York Times
# 1 best-selling author of Summer Sisters and of young adult classics
such as Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, creates a richly textured
and moving story of three generations of families, friends and strangers,
whose lives are profoundly changed by unexpected events.
In 1987, Miri Ammerman returns to her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey,
to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life. Thirty-five
years earlier, when Miri was fifteen, and in love for the first time,
a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving a community reeling.
Against this backdrop of actual events that Blume experienced in the
early 1950s, when airline travel was new and exciting and everyone dreamed
of going somewhere, she paints a vivid portrait of a particular time
haircuts, young (and not-so-young) love, explosive friendships, A-bomb
hysteria, rumors of Communist threat. And a young journalist who makes
his name reporting tragedy. Through it all, one generation reminds another
that life goes on.
In the Unlikely Event is vintage Judy Blume, with all the hallmarks
of Judy Blume's unparalleled storytelling, and full of memorable characters
who cope with loss, remember the good times and, finally, wonder at
the joy that keeps them going.
Early reviewers have already weighed in: "Like many family stories,
this one is not without its life-changing secrets and surprises. There
is no surprise that the book is smoothly written, and its story compelling.
The setting - the early 1950s - is especially well realized through
Blume's latest adult novel . . . young and old alike must learn to come
to terms with technological disaster and social change. Her novel is
characteristically accessible, frequently charming and always deeply
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