![]() ![]() ![]() Throughout Judy Blume Forever, scenes of Blume reading selections of her writing are juxtaposed with talking heads from celebrities and fans, as well as Blume’s recounting of the real-life experiences that influenced much of her work. ![]() Like Blume’s books, which packed these heavy topics into bite-sized, digestible pieces for young adults and children, Wolchok and Pardo’s film boasts a child-like quality. And I wasn’t alone as many celebrities, writers, and friends of Blume detail in Leach Wolchok and Davina Pardo’s new documentary Judy Blume Forever, her impact on the lives of children and adults over the last 50-plus years is almost unparalleled in the literary world. Freedman as Herself, a book in which Sally, a precocious 10-year-old Jewish girl, believes Adolf Hitler has moved into a neighboring Miami Beach apartment. This reviewer had a particular fondness for Starring Sally J. That book, and many of the author’s others, has operated as the introduction to taboo topics for many young women (and men, if they’re being honest) - masturbation and sex, religion, divorce, and death, to name a few. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Blume’s breakout middle-grade novel, has taken up regular space on library and bookstore shelves since its release. ![]() Since the late 1960s, readers of a certain age have been discovering and devouring Judy Blume’s books. ![]()
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