In the unlikely event : a novel
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 in the early 1950s, when airline travel was new and exciting and everyone dreamed of going somewhere, Judy Blume 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.
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Aircraft accidents > Fiction. Grief > Fiction. New Jersey > Fiction. |
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Audiobooks. Sound recordings. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 9781467603379 :
- Physical Description 1 audio media player (approximately 14 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
- Edition Unabridged.
- Publisher Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2015]
- Copyright ?2015
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from Playaway label. "HD." "LIGHT." "Random House Audio." Release date supplied by publisher. Previously released by Penguin Random House LLC, ?2015. Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Kathleen McInerney. |