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Set in 1956, "Is This Tomorrow" follows Ava Lark, a divorced Jewish mother who rents a house in a Boston suburb with her twelve‑year‑old son, Lewis. The neighbors are unwelcoming, and Lewis struggles with the absence of his father, forging a bond with other father‑less children, Jimmy and Rose. When Jimmy mysteriously disappears, the community, already gripped by Cold War anxieties, uses the event to further ostracize Ava and her son. Years later, Lewis and Rose reunite, determined to solve the lingering mystery and confront the painful question of whether some secrets should be concealed for the sake of those we love.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Caroline Leavitt
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