| International Standard Book Number |
9780593714447
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| International Standard Book Number |
059371444X
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
813/.54 B
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
809
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| Personal Name |
Oppenheimer, Mark, 1974- author.
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| Title Statement |
Judy Blume : a life / Mark Oppenheimer.
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| Imprint |
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2026
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| Physical Description |
viii, 469 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-455) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Introduction -- 1938-1948 -- 1948-1950 -- 1950-1953 -- 1953-1956 -- 1956-1959 -- 1959-1961 -- 1961-1966 -- 1967 -- 1968 -- 1969-1970 -- 1970-1971 -- 1972-1974 -- 1975 -- 1975-1976 -- 1976-1977 -- 1978 -- 1979 -- 1980 -- 1981 -- 1982 -- 1983-1984 -- 1985-1986 -- 1987 -- 1988-1989 -- 1990-1994 -- 1995-1996 -- 1997-1998 -- 1999-2008 -- 2009-2014 -- 2015-2019 -- 2020-2024 -- Epilogue.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"To know the name Judy Blume is to know and love literature. Her influential novels turned classics -- including Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; Deenie; and Summer Sisters -- touched the lives of tens of millions of readers. For more than fifty-five years her work has done something revolutionary: it rewired the world's expectations of what literature for young people can be -- frank, 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invaluable access to her papers and correspondence, and thoughtful analysis of Blume's beloved novels, including early, unpublished works that shed light on the pathbreaking writer she would become. Oppenheimer goes deep, exploring Blume's 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 glory -- a true gift for anyone who grew up reading and loving these extraordinary books."-- Publisher's website.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Blume, Judy.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Authors, American 20th century Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Children's literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
American authors Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women authors, American Biography.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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