In the Unlikely Event

Zusatztext 42468917 Informationen zum Autor Judy Blume is one of America’s most beloved authors. She grew up in Elizabeth! New Jersey! and was a teenager in 1952 when the real events in this book took place. She has written books for all ages. Her twenty-eight previous titles include Are You There God? It’s Me! Margaret; Forever;  and  Summer Sisters.  Her books have sold more than eighty-five million copies in thirty-two languages. She is a champion of intellectual freedom! working with the National Coalition Against Censorship in support of writers! teachers! librarians! and students. In 2004! Blume was awarded the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She lives in Key West and New York City. www.judyblume.com Miri Miri was not happy when Rusty showed up at the Osners' party. And even less happy to see she was wearing her good black dress, her dress shoes and stockings with seams. Then there was the hair. Rita Hayworth hair. To her shoulders. Heads turned when Rusty came into the living room. She waved at Miri but Miri turned away. "What is my mother doing here?" she asked Natalie. "My mother wants to introduce her to Cousin Tewky from Birmingham." "Tewky? What kind of a name is Tewky? " "Some family nickname. He's my mother's first cousin, from the banking side of the family. You know, Purvis Brothers Bank." Miri didn't know. "My mother's from the department store side." Miri didn't know that, either. "You should have warned me," she told Natalie. "How was I supposed to know your mother didn't tell you she was coming?" Corinne greeted Rusty and led her straight to a man, a man who must have been Tewky Purvis, balding, not especially handsome, but not ugly, either, with a mustache. Well, half the men in the room had mustaches, including Dr. O. She couldn't hold that against him. They were talking now, her mother and Tewky Purvis, and laughing, maybe even flirting. Miri didn't like it. She didn't know how grown-ups judged each other, especially how women judged men. It never made sense to her. It's about character , Rusty once told her. Strength, goodness. A sense of humor doesn't hurt, either. She didn't ask how men judged women because she already knew. It was obvious, and Rusty looked glamorous tonight. "That's not all of it," Rusty had once argued. "But you're right--looks are certainly a starting point. Chemistry, too." Miri understood chemistry now. Chemistry turned your legs to jelly and made your insides roll over. If Mason hadn't had to work tonight Miri might not be at the Osners' party. She hoped she'd never have to choose between her best friend and the boy she loved. Since seventh grade, New Year's Eve had been for just the two of them, Natalie and Miri. She didn't think Natalie would have invited Mason. Maybe someday when Natalie was also in love, they'd invite dates to the Osners' party, but not now. Rusty must have thought that Miri would be out with Mason when she accepted Corinne's invitation. Now she'd have to deal with her daughter keeping an eye on her. Rusty She decided to go to the party at the last minute when Irene urged her to get out and enjoy herself. Seeing the worry on Miri's face now, she began to regret her decision. Maybe it had been a mistake to keep the men in her life a secret. Not that there had been many. But she'd never brought a date home. Not one man in fifteen years. She hadn't done a thing to get Miri used to the idea, to the possibility. In all these years, there had been just two serious boyfriends. One of them had been married. She certainly wasn't going to introduce him to her family. She knew from the start he would never leave his wife and children. She knew she wasn't his first affair. Yet she kept seeing him. For five years she saw him every week....

Product details

• Authors: Judy Blume
• Publisher: Knopf
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2015
• EAN: 9781101875049
• ISBN: 978-1-101-87504-9
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 242 mm x 35 mm
• Series: ALFRED A. KNOPF
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature