In the Unlikely Event
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- 3,99 €
Publisher Description
In 1987, Miri returns to her hometown to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life. Beautiful, gripping and deeply moving, In the Unlikely Event is an unforgettable novel from Judy Blume.
Thirty-five years ago, when Miri Ammerman was fifteen and in love for the first time, three planes fell from the sky within three months, leaving the commmunity of Elizabeth, New Jersey reeling.
The plane crashes bring some people closer together and tear others apart; they create myths and unlock secrets. As Miri experiences the ordinary joys and pains of growing up in extraordinary circumstances, a young journalist makes his name reporting tragedy. And through it all, one generation reminds another that life goes on.
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 a haunting story of three generations of families, friends, and strangers, whose lives are for ever changed in the aftermath.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We grew up under Judy Blume's spell so it's no surprise we adored In the Unlikely Event, her first book for adults in more than 15 years. The novel follows a sprawling cast of characters in and around the suburban town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, before and after a series of plane crashes at nearby Newark Airport. Set in the ‘50s, the story grew out of real-life events that loom large in Blume’s early memories. We were mesmerised by the glittering details of a bygone era—a Mad Men-esque treat—and profoundly moved by the emotional journeys of 15-year-old Miri Ammerman, her single mother, Rusty and all of Blume’s wonderful characters.
