An Evening with Mark Oppenheimer on Judy Blume: A Life
Join us at The Hub to celebrate Judy Blume: A Life, the anticipated biography of a beloved literary voice, with journalist Mark Oppenheimer.
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$10 - $36
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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; Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great; Forever…; and Summer Sisters—touched the lives of tens of millions of adults and children. For fifty-five years her work has done something revolutionary: 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. But too little has been known about the real woman behind the iconic persona, and the unlikely journey of her literary ascension, until now.
Seasoned journalist and lifelong Blume fan Mark Oppenheimer is uniquely positioned to tell this story. He had complete access to unpublished writings, private papers, and 100+ interviews with Blume, along with her friends and associates, while writing Judy Blume: A Life. The result is a revealing, captivating, often surprising portrait of this beloved author.
