- Title:
-
In the Unlikely Event (MP3)
- Written by:
-
Judy Blume
- Read by:
-
Kathleen McInerney
- Format:
-
Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
-
1
- Duration:
-
14 hours 6 minutes
- MP3 size:
-
583 MB
- Published:
-
October 01 2015
- Available Date:
-
October 01 2015
- Age Category:
-
Adult
- ISBN:
-
9781509811588
- Genres:
-
Fiction; Sagas
- Publisher:
-
Bolinda/Macmillan audio
Qty
Format
Price
Bolinda price
International bestselling author
'A thoroughly beguiling story of love, loss and carrying on regardless ... period-perfect detail ... irresistible.'
The Mail on Sunday
'Long-term Blume fans will be instantly at home in the company of the novel's plucky heroine, Miri.'
The Daily Telegraph
A beautifully drawn, deeply moving, unforgettable novel from one of the world's most beloved and bestselling authors.
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, three planes fell from the sky within three months, 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 a haunting story of three generations of families, friends, and strangers, whose lives are for ever changed in the aftermath.
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.
Beautiful, gripping and deeply moving, In the Unlikely Event is an unforgettable novel from Judy Blume, one of America's most beloved authors.
'A major event ... utterly brilliant ... Never mind what she has done before: it feels as if this is the book she has been waiting her whole life to write. And it is, quite simply, extraordinary ... There's a wonderful Mad Men feel to the detail of the period ... The action is always undercut with Blume's trademark humanity and humour ... Blume's fans – old and new – will approve.'
The Observer
'A great portrait of an era ... Blume's hallmark warmth and humanity shine through and there is a loveliness to this novel in its depths of philanthropy and human understanding. It leaves the reader longing to meet the author for a soul-lifting heart-to-heart. The fairy godmother is alive and well.'
The Guardian
'A nuanced portrayal of the everyday intricacies of love and friendship but set against a backdrop of extraordinary tragedy.'
The Independent
'Judy Blume isn't just revered, she's revolutionary ... Blume, whose fiction for adults has the same emotional immediacy as her books for children, makes us feel the pure shock and wonder of living.'
The New York Times