{"product_id":"this-is-chance-the-great-alaska-earthquake-genie-chance-and-the-shattered-city-she-held-together-9780525509929","title":"This Is Chance!: The Great Alaska Earthquake, Genie Chance, and the Shattered City She Held Together","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe thrilling, cinematic story of a community shattered by disaster--and the extraordinary woman who helped pull it back together\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A powerful, heart-wrenching book, as much art as it is journalism.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautifully wrought and profoundly joyful story of compassion and perseverance.\"--\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed \u003c\/i\u003e(Best Books of the Year)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSlowly, 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 \u003ci\u003eOur Town--\u003c\/i\u003ewere thrown into a jumbled world they could not recognize. Together, they would make a home in it again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on thousands of pages of unpublished documents, interviews with survivors, and original broadcast recordings, \u003ci\u003eThis Is Chance  \u003c\/i\u003eis the hopeful, gorgeously told story of a single catastrophic weekend and proof of our collective strength in a turbulent world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are moments when reality instantly changes--when the life we assume is stable gets upended by pure chance. \u003ci\u003eThis Is Chance  \u003c\/i\u003eis an electrifying and lavishly empathetic portrayal of one community rising above the randomness, a real-life fable of human connection withstanding chaos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6837053\"\u003eJon Mooallem\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525509929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0525509925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036140\"\u003eUnited States | State \u0026amp; Local | West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC040000\"\u003eDisasters \u0026amp; Disaster Relief\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-NAT\"\u003eNature\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-NAT009000\"\u003eEarthquakes \u0026amp; Volcanoes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Mooallem\u003c\/b\u003e is a longtime writer at large for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and a contributor to numerous radio shows and other magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book, \u003ci\u003eWild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America\u003c\/i\u003e was chosen as a notable book of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBook Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR's \u003ci\u003eScience Friday\u003c\/i\u003e, and Canada's \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He lives on Bainbridge Island, outside Seattle, with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699602460909,"sku":"9780525509929","price":22.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_59b9f1ae-66b8-4164-a7d1-834a4cf65f11.jpg?v=1649920548","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/this-is-chance-the-great-alaska-earthquake-genie-chance-and-the-shattered-city-she-held-together-9780525509929","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}