The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

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The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of UsNATIONAL BESTSELLER An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blumes life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her most iconicand controversialyoung adult novels, from Are You There God? Its Me, Margaret. to Blubber. Everyone knows Judy Blume. Her books have garnered her fans of all ages for decades and sold tens of millions of copies. But why were people so drawn to them? And why are we still talking about them now in the 21st century? In The Genius

a young Irish girl who can talk a mile a minute

Cloistered in her tiny cabin

and Bruce Springsteen’s very trans desire to “change my clothes my hair my face”—and she found in artists like Neko Case and Sharon Van Etten that the label transcends gender

the hidden caves

Alex and Poppy

pressing “emotional buttons that other writers wouldn’t dare explore” (The Real Book Spy)

a young girl growing up on a volcano in a community of Indigenous women

David Kwong

It’s a dark

Despite her best attempts to stay far away from Dusty Tucker

lulling illustrations combine to make a perfect book for the end of the day

The novel boomerangs back through centuries and space

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