Author: Susan Carol McCarthy Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Fiction
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ISBNs: 9781511300360 1511300361 |
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For 13 days in October 1962, the world held its breath--seemingly on the brink of nuclear war. Set against the backdrop of Cold War panic and politics, this enthralling novel tells the intimate and human story of a family whose own hearts are at war.
For the Avery family, the dark days of the Cuban Missile Crisis mark a turning point in their lives which will shape and forever change them. McCarthy captures pitch-perfectly the panic, tension, insanity and innocence of the time. The Avery family forms the emotional center of the novel, as their world starts to unravel during the heart-stopping buildup to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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