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The Shaking of an All-American City, a Voice That Held It Together
By: Jon Mooallem
Narrated by: Ray Porter
Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 03-24-20
Language: English
Genre: History, Americas
Publisher: Random House Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 mono
Publisher's Summary
The thrilling, cinematic story of a community shattered by disaster - and the extraordinary woman who helped pull it back together
"An intimate, moving story about our capacity to care for one another when things fall apart - and, just maybe, on all the ordinary days, too." (Elizabeth Gilbert)
In the spring of 1964, Anchorage, Alaska, was a modern-day frontier town yearning to be a metropolis - the largest, proudest city in a state that was still brand-new. But just before sundown on Good Friday, the community was jolted by the most powerful earthquake in American history, a catastrophic 9.2 on the Richter Scale. For four and a half minutes, the ground lurched and rolled. Streets cracked open and swallowed buildings whole. And once the shaking stopped, night fell and Anchorage went dark. The city was in disarray and sealed off from the outside world.
Slowly, people switched on their transistor radios and heard a familiar woman’s voice explaining what had just happened and what to do next. Genie Chance was a part-time radio reporter and working mother who would play an unlikely role in the wake of the disaster, helping to put her fractured community back together. Her tireless broadcasts over the next three days would transform her into a legendary figure in Alaska and bring her fame worldwide - but only briefly. That Easter weekend in Anchorage, Genie and a cast of endearingly eccentric characters - from a mountaineering psychologist to the local community theater group staging Our Town - were thrown into a jumbled world they could not recognize. Together, they would make a home in it again.
Drawing on thousands of pages of unpublished documents, interviews with survivors, and original broadcast recordings, This Is Chance! is the hopeful, gorgeously told story of a single catastrophic weekend and proof of our collective strength in a turbulent world.
There are moments when reality instantly changes - when the life we assume is stable gets upended by pure chance. This Is Chance! is an electrifying and lavishly empathetic portrayal of one community rising above the randomness, a real-life fable of human connection withstanding chaos.
©2020 Jon Mooallem (P)2020 Random House Audio
Critic Reviews
"Jon Mooallem is one of the most intelligent, compassionate, and curious authors writing today. I would go on any adventure that his mind embarks upon, knowing that I was being led by the ablest of guides." (Elizabeth Gilbert)
"This Is Chance is the riveting story of a town on the brink of its own existence, broken and held together by an unbelievable natural disaster. With grace and command, Jon Mooallem illuminates the near-divine existential interchange between wonder and horror, fate and self-determination. I teared up reading it, getting to know Genie Chance, a perfectly named hero - grateful to brush up against the extraordinary and unforgotten." (Jia Tolentino, best-selling author of Trick Mirror)
"Jon Mooallem is one of the most delightful nonfiction writers working today. This Is Chance! is funny, poignant, and surprising: It takes an all-too-familiar story of a woman whose work is fundamental but long forgotten and turns it on its head. With his signature wit, depth, and gift for storytelling, Mooallem brings to life a strong, fascinating character who played a crucial role in the aftermath of a disaster - and whose story shows not just how deeply women’s voices matter but how often they have been silenced by history." (Rebecca Skloot, best-selling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks)
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