Is This Tomorrow (CD-Audio)

from CelticLibrarian

4.0 out of 5 stars - "When someone disappears, what happens to the people who are left behind?" This was a novel that I read and savored slowly, turning the pages was like peeling back an onion as the story unfolded and the characters developed. It is 1956 and Ava Lark is different. She works out...

from JackieBlem

Warning, this woman's writing is addictive. Her characters are so vivid you feel like you know them, and you go through their horrible times with them, feeling each and every one of their emotions. Eva is a very modern woman for the year, 1956, when this story begins. She's divorced from a cheati...

from Dawn1361

1950s - an idealized time of the American Dream in the suburbs with a "Leave it to Beaver" American Family atmosphere. Caroline Leavitt's "Is This Tomorrow" captures the care-free atmosphere and the horror of how the tiny town deals with coming to terms of a child's disappearnce. Lewis, Rose, and...

from sunqueen

Excellent read! This was an extremely well written novel, set in the 1950's. It really explored how many of the characters were "outsiders" for one reason or another.

from RoxieF

I received Is This Tomorrow as an ARC, and read it in 2 rainy days. It's set in a small Boston suburb in 1950. It revolves around Ava (a divorced Jewish woman) and her 12 year old son Lewis. They aren't welcomed into the community because back then everyone was scared of anything "different" and ...