{"product_id":"judy-blume-mark-oppenheimer-9780593714447","title":"Judy Blume: A Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive, all-access biography of one of the world's most beloved literary voices, showcasing a life as triumphant and inspiring as the stories she crafted.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo know the name Judy Blume is to know and love literature. Her influential novels turned classics--including \u003ci\u003eAre You There God? It's Me, Margaret\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDeenie; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSummer Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e--touched the lives of tens of millions of adults and children. For more than fifty-five years her work has done something revolutionary: it rewired the world's expectation of what literature for young people can be--frank, candid, earthy, and unafraid to show the messier sides of humanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Judy Blume was an unlikely literary icon. Judith Marcia Sussman, a Jewish girl born in New Jersey to a dentist and homemaker, was a restless, thirty-year-old, stay-at-home mother of two young children when her lifelong passion for reading turned, suddenly and surprisingly, into a talent for writing. What followed was a burst of creative energy unrivaled in modern letters: ten books (starting with \u003ci\u003eIggy's House\u003c\/i\u003e and ending with the incendiary \u003ci\u003eForever\u003c\/i\u003e) in just five years that reshaped literature for generations. And the emotional core of her beloved books--death, religion, coming-of-age, sexuality, bullying--are found in the experiences she herself faced as a child, many of which have never before been unpacked. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eJudy Blume\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist, historian, and longtime Blume aficionado Mark Oppenheimer pens a beautiful, multidimensional portrait of the acclaimed author through extensive interviews with Blume herself and unrivaled access to her papers and correspondence. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Oppenheimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 059371444X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593714447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e G.P. Putnam's Sons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Mark Oppenheimer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47040101220607,"sku":"9780593714447","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_899107df-1650-44f9-8c1a-914d670b87a3.jpg?v=1752753562","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/judy-blume-mark-oppenheimer-9780593714447","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}