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Judy Blume : A Life.
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- ISBN: 9780593714447
- Physical Description: 480 pages ; 3 x 15 cm
- Publisher: Canada : Penguin Publishing Group, 2026.
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| General Note: | CO |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women HISTORY / Social History |
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- Penguin Putnam
The highly anticipated biography of one of the worldâs most treasured literary voices, showcasing a life as triumphant and inspiring as the stories she crafted.
To know the name Judy Blume is to know and love literature. Her influential novels turned classicsâincluding Are You There God? Itâs Me, Margaret; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; Deenie; and Summer Sistersâtouched the lives of tens of millions of readers. For more than fifty-five years her work has done something revolutionary: it rewired the worldâs expectations of what literature for young people can beâfrank, candid, earthy, and unafraid to show the messier sides of humanity. But little is known about the real woman behind the iconic persona, and the unlikely journey of her literary ascension, until now.
In Judy Blume, journalist, historian, and longtime Blume aficionado Mark Oppenheimer pens a beautiful, multidimensional portrait of the acclaimed author through extensive interviews with Blume herself, invaluable access to her papers and correspondence, and thoughtful analysis of Blumeâs beloved novels, including early, unpublished works that shed light on the pathbreaking writer she would become. Oppenheimer goes deep, exploring Blumeâs middle-class 1950s upbringing, complicated childhood, varied relationships and marriages, unabashed sexual experiences, bouts of heartache and loss, and enduring legacy as a champion of free speech and contemporary literature. Oppenheimer peels back the curtain to reveal the woman behind the literary empire in all her complex, multifaceted gloryâa true gift for anyone who grew up reading and loving these extraordinary books.
