In this brilliant new novel --- her first for adults since SUMMER SISTERS --- Judy Blume takes us back to the 1950s and introduces us to the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, where she herself grew up. 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 15-year-old Miri Ammerman and her spirited single mother, Rusty. Their warm and resonant stories are set against the backdrop of a real-life tragedy that struck the town when a series of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving the community reeling.

Gripping, authentic and unforgettable, IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT has all the hallmarks of this renowned author’s deft narrative magic.