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Title: In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
Subtitle: Summary & Analysis
Author: Instaread
Narrator: Michael Gilboe
Format: Unabridged
Length: 26 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-08-15
Publisher: Instaread
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Preview:
In the Unlikely Event is a fictional account of a real series of plane crashes that took place between December 1951 and August 1952 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Miri Ammerman is a young Jewish girl. Her mother, Rusty, made the unusual choice, for the time period, to raise her daughter alone. They live with Rusty's mother, Irene, and brother, Henry, a reporter for the local paper. Miri's best friend, Natalie, is the daughter of a local dentist, Dr. Osner. Miri often fantasizes about Natalie's mother dying so that Rusty and Dr. Osner can get married. Then the girls could be sisters.
A young dancer named Ruby Granik boards a plane and, while helping a young mother with her two small children as the plane takes off, Ruby realizes that something is terribly wrong. At the same time, Miri and Rusty are on their way home from a movie when they see the plane coming down....
PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary and analysis of the book and NOT the original book.
Inside this Instaread Summary and Analysis of In the Unlikely Event
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Members Reviews:
Cultural Identity, Sexual Morality and Science Fiction are some of the themes discussed in this book!
Folks, this Instaread book is just a summary and analysis! HOWEVER it is well written and truly gives you a detailed look into what the story entails. "A fictional account of a real series of plane crashes" that took place in the early 1950's. Planes are crashing in Elizabeth, New Jersey and everyone has a theory.
Miri, the main character and antagonist, is 15 when the crashes occur. She is 50 when she returns for the 35th anniversary of the crashes. Natalie, Miri's best friend, is very disturbed over the crashes and believes she is hearing from Ruby, one of the crash victims. Due to this, Natalie becomes anorexic and eventually ends up becoming a medium.
The original book has quite a lot of characters so in this Instaread summary we are given 13 short bios on some of them. The 'Character Analysis' section focuses on Miri, her mother Rusty and Natalie. The 'Character Relationships' examines Miri and Rusty, Natalie and Ruby along with Miri and Mason, Miri's first boyfriend.
Being set in the 50's, a woman's place in society was very different than it is today. The 'Themes' section is VERY strong and informative taking on some very important points/thoughts relating to the themes running through this book.
If you are looking for a refresher on the original, a quick read to give you the basics of what Judy Blume's book is about or trying to decide whether or not you even want to read the original then this is for YOU! A quick read that should take you no more than 30 minutes, probably way less if you are a faster reader.
Book provided in exchange for an honest review. Thanks, Liz
I needed this for Blume's latest
I have been a Judy Blume fan for a very long time so am apt to grab anything that she writes based on her name being on the cover. However, when I read the description and some of the reviews for her latest book, "In the Unlikely Event", I knew that I would need help. It turns out that there are a ton of characters in this book and people have a hard time keeping them straight.
