Judy Blume reveals which of her iconic books will get the Hollywood treatment: 'I was ready to let go' MAKERSconference
Judy Blume’s books are iconic and beloved and because of this, she’s held her work close. But 50 years after publishing one of her most popular novels, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Blume reveals that she’s ready to hand it over to Hollywood.
The book about a young girl who set out to learn more about puberty and explore sexuality was met with criticism and even anger at the time that it was published. “They wanted this banned and off the shelves. They believed puberty was a dirty word,” Blume says. But the author explains that shock value wasn’t her intent.
Faced with both rejection and much success as a result of her work, Blume is sure that writing has changed her life. “I was shy, I was fearful, but when it came to writing, somehow I became fearless,” she says. “And that, of course, has changed my life.”
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