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The book In the Unlikely Event relates how a succession of three plane crashes, occurring over a period of a few short months in the early 1950s, devastates and reshapes the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, a suburb of New York, located in the flight path of the Newark Airport.
The plane crashes affect not just those people who were close to the victims, but also the very spirit of the town, leaving everyone, especially the children, in a state of perpetual mourning and fear even after the airport is closed, subsequent to the third crash.
But, the novel focuses less on the forensic details of the crashes and more on the personal stories of those who are affected. The protagonist of the novel, Miriam (Miri) Ammerman, has her life forever changed by the crashes and the events that follow them.