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Is This Tomorrow
Is This Tomorrow
Author: Caroline Leavitt
In 1956, Ava Lark rents a house with her twelve-year-old son, Lewis, in a desirable Boston suburb. Ava is beautiful, divorced, Jewish, and a working mom. She finds her neighbors less than welcoming. Lewis yearns for his absent father, befriending the only other fatherless kids: Jimmy and Rose. Then, one afternoon, Jimmy...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781616200541
ISBN-10: 1616200545
Publication Date: 5/7/2013
Pages: 384
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  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 24 ratings
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Book Type: Paperback
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Ava is a divorced, single mom with a 12-year old son. It's the 50's, and the threat of Communism and bombs keep everyone on edge and slightly paranoid. It doesn't help that Ava is Jewish, attractive, and works outside the home, isolating her even further from her neighbors. She is more concerned with creating a better life for herself and her son than pleasing her neighbors, so when one of the other boys in the neighborhood goes missing, a boy who was known to spend time at her house, her life becomes even more subject to gossip and negative speculation. This book kept me hooked chapter after chapter, desperate to find out what happened to the missing child and also wondering how Ava would fare in the end.
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Set in 1956 with a central character that is living life definitely against the grain in the current time - a divorced single mom who is in the workforce and trying to raise her son in suburbia. One would say this could be historical fiction and I may agree because it is definitely not completely contemporary, but I enjoyed reading a story where I could imagine a woman getting heat for her lifestyle, it could compare to current social issues in the news. Her son's best friend goes missing and the story takes off after that!


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