Natalie’s health gets worse and worse, leading to a rift between her and Miri. Two of those thirty-eight later die, but Gaby lives because Mason rescues her. However, she survives, along with thirty-eight others. Gaby Wenders works as a stewardess for the airline and is only in her early twenties when the plane crashes. The third plane that goes down, in February, is operated by National Airlines. Natalie begins to lose weight rapidly because Ruby’s voice in her head is now telling her she needs to become a dancer.

Steve ends up enlisting in the army even though his parents don’t want him to. This time, not only does everyone on the plane die, but the plane also kills several people living in Elizabeth. The second plane that goes down takes the life of Kathy, who is on her way home for January break from Syracuse University. Miri meets her father for the first time and starts dating Mason. Frekki, Miri’s aunt, comes back into Miri’s life after becoming estranged from Rusty. Another character, Christina, who is eighteen years old and from a traditional Greek family, starts dating Jack even though he’s not Greek. Henry, Miri’s uncle, writes stories about the crash for the local newspaper while Natalie becomes convinced that she can hear Ruby from beyond the grave, and that Ruby wants her to be a singer. Their deaths shock the townspeople, who are unused to tragedy striking so close to home. Everyone aboard, including Ruby, perishes. After shopping, Miri decides to go to the movies, and it’s then that the first of three planes crashes. Natalie Osner, Miri’s closest friend, is getting ready for her birthday and Miri’s grandmother sells some compacts to Estelle Sapphire, who sends her husband Ben to pick them up. Meanwhile, a dancer named Ruby Granik is readying for a trip to Miami. Miri goes shopping to buy a gift for her mother, Rusty. The book begins during Hanukah, and Christmas is right around the corner. Blume is best-known for her work writing for children and young adults. Unlike most of Blume’s works, In the Unlikely Event is written for adults, and represents a small selection of the author’s work in this category. The story takes place in the 1950s, in Elizabeth, NJ, where Miri, her family, and her friends must live with the aftermath of three plane crashes in the space of three months. This novel focuses on protagonist Miri Ammerman. In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume was published in 2015.

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