In the Unlikely Event : A Novel (Paperback)

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I admit that I was eager to read Judy Blume's newest novel, In the Unlikely Event, with high expectations. Although the story started slow, it was a challenge to continue because of the numerous narrators. Once the story began to unfold I was interested in learning how a series of tragedies devas...

from Jessiqa

What if a plane crashed in your town? What if this happened three times in a three-month period one winter? In a story inspired by true events, Miri and her friends and fellow townsfolk witness these crashes and the trauma reverberates throughout the whole town. Miri is 15 and falling in love for...

from tututhefirst

I always associate Judy Blume with YA books, and didn't realize this was geared to a much wider audience. Based on true facts and events, the story of a series of plane disasters in New Jersey during the years after World War II, is so attention grabbing, so well told, that the reader does not wa...

from bookczuk

Pandemic read. Judy Blume is just a few years older than I am, so I missed reading her books when I was a proper age. But my career was with kids, I volunteered at a school library, had kids of my own, and also volunteered for our library here in Charleston, getting me familiar with some of her b...

from mountie9

The Good Stuff Excellent character development Wonderful depiction of the 50's in all of its glory and horror Every character felt so very real and so very human, Blume has always excelled at this Interesting to see all of the different types of families depicted You can see how much the story ba...