This Classic Florida Novel Predicted a Future That Feels Strangely Familiar
Set in a sleepy Central Florida town, this powerful story imagined what life would be like after the unthinkable—a nuclear war. First published in 1959, it still resonates today and paints a vivid portrait of small-town strength and survival.
Required reading in ninth grade; I can’t say that it would be now.
I was fascinated with this novel and read it again after Hurrican Ian