In the Unlikely Event (Judy Blume)

A novel that takes us back to the 1950s and introduces us to the town where Judy Blume herself grew up, where a community is left reeling after a real-life tragedy when a series of airplanes fell out of the sky.

Here she imagines and weaves together a vivid portrait of three generations of families, friends, and strangers, whose lives are profoundly changed during one winter. At the center of an extraordinary cast of characters are fifteen-year-old Miri Ammerman and her spirited single mother, Rusty. Their warm and resonant stories are set against the backdrop of an extraordinary real-world tragedy.

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