
I could visualize the purple paperback cover with Margaret’s flowing blond hair, and I dug through boxes in the attic looking for it. Blume’s lasting appeal over the past 50 years, which you can read about in today’s Daily, I wanted to reread the book. Her character Margaret Simon explores questions all young girls wonder about but are too embarrassed to ask.When I started reporting on Ms. Blume has been granted entry as a confidant into a place where few are admitted: the tween bedroom. Say the words “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” and many women may recall just where they were when they first heard about the coming-of-age book by Judy Blume, published in 1970.Ms.
