![]() ” and “Blubber” and, if you ask, will require very little encouragement to voice their devotion to the author. Recognizing that most novels about teenage sexuality at the time focused on scare tactics and worst-case scenarios, Blume wrote Forever for her daughter to serve as a model of what a healthy teenage sex life could be. But it will be old news to the several generations of avid readers, predominantly but not exclusively girls, who have grown up on the likes of “Deenie,” “Forever. Paperback Apby Judy Blume (Author) 2,470 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 8.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 15.97 25 Used from 9.49 24 New from 13.22 2 Collectible from 16. Judy Blume’s 1975 novel Forever explores the thrills and risks of a teenage couple’s first sexual relationship. ![]() ![]() Blume’s “Fudge” books first-hand (including “Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing”). After all, keeping it real is her superpower. ![]() As directed by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok, “Judy Blume Forever” is a sales pitch in many ways, which might be useful for someone like this reviewer, who knows only Ms. Blume doesn’t present as somebody who is remotely besotted with herself. Blume and her fans reveals a relationship between writer and reader that has been, in some cases, close to therapeutic. Blume one of the more successful and controversial authors of young-adult fiction of the past 50 years, and, for some, a source of solace: Yale University’s collection of correspondence between Ms. ![]() The results-among them “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” which will be released in a big-screen adaptation later this month-have made Ms. ![]()
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