The Incredible True Story of the Making of the Eve of Destruction

Name: The Incredible True Story of the Making of the Eve of Destruction
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Amy Brashear
ISBN: 9781980005322

Author: Amy Brashear

Narrator: Amielynn Abellera

Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/13/2018

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Performing Arts, Family, Historical Fiction, United States

Synopsis

Arkansas, 1984: The town of Griffin Flat is known for almost nothing other than its nuclear missile silos. MAD-Mutually Assured Destruction-is a fear every local lives with and tries to ignore. Unfortunately that's impossible now that film moguls have picked Griffin Flat as the location for a new nuclear holocaust movie, aptly titled The Eve of Destruction. When sixteen-year-old Laura Ratliff wins a walk-on role (with a plus-one!) thanks to a radio call-in contest, she is more relieved than excited. Mingling with Hollywood stars on the set of a phony nuclear war is a perfect distraction from being the only child in her real nuclear family-which has also been annihilated. Her parents are divorced, and her mother has recently remarried. Her father, an officer in the Strategic Air Command, is absent...except when he phones at odd hours to hint at an impending catastrophe. But isn't that his job? Laura's only real friend is her new stepbrother, Terrence. She picks him as her plus-one for the film shoot, enraging her fair-weather friends. But their anger is nothing compared to what happens on set after the scripted nuclear explosion. Because nobody seems to know if a real nuclear bomb has detonated or not.

Reviews

Goodreads review by OutlawPoet on September 28, 2018

This one gets an okay from me. I loved the 80's setting and think the author did a great job on it. I hated, hated, hated all the footnotes. I would have liked it if there was a little humor thrown into them, but they were just explanations of everything from War Games to Sixteen Candles. And there ar......more

Goodreads review by Trish on August 30, 2018

I got this eARC from Edelweiss in exchange for a fair and honest review. This is my FIRST Edelweiss book I've been approved for and I'm excited! I had read about this site and how difficult it can be to get approved for books so imagine my delight when I got an email through confirming I've been app......more

Goodreads review by Ellie on August 18, 2019

I so wanted to love this book, there's so much nuclear nerdery in it. I won't say as much as the official blurb does because it mentions an event that takes place nearly at the end of the book. So I was reading expecting something to happen and then the big event was so rushed. Seriously publishers,......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on September 17, 2019

I wanted to like this, but the summary on the jacket gives away too much, the main plot point has some holes, and the footnotes weren't used well. Footnote situation: This book has a bunch of footnotes. Usually I like footnotes in fiction, used as asides from the main text. The grand majority of thes......more

Goodreads review by D on March 04, 2019

Literary Merit: Okay Characterization: Good Recommended: Optional Level: Upper Middle School & High School Focused on the fear of nuclear war, this novel takes place during the 80's in a small Arkansas town that just so happens to be incredibly close to nuclear missile silos. In the event of nuclear wa......more