Dublin Core
Title
In the Unlikely Event
Subject
Fiction
Description
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, a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving a community reeling. Against this backdrop of the early 1950s, when airline travel was new and exciting and everyone dreamed of going somewhere, Judy Blume imagines and weaves together a haunting story of three generations of families, friends, and strangers, whose lives are profoundly changed by these disasters. She paints a vivid portrait of a particular time and place — Nat King Cole singing “Unforgettable,” Elizabeth Taylor 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.
Creator
Judy Blume
Publisher
Knopf, Borzoi Books
Date
2015
Contributor
LC
Rights
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Format
image/jpg
Language
Alpha-3 Code (ISO 639) [English]
Type
Adult Fiction
Identifier
J_Blume_InTheUnlikelyEvent_LC_5W.jpg