A few weeks ago NPR ran a story from their Guilty Pleasures series. The book is Forever... by Judy Blume. J. Courtney Sullivan recalls reading "the dirty parts" of books with her girls' book club in elementary school, which in turn reminded me of my own furtive reading of romance novels (only the historical ones!) in middle school. A few friends and I would exchange books, usually in brown paper bags, at the movies. I would curl up under my covers and read the books and then hide them under my pillow afraid of my mom finding them (looking back, I'm sure the least of her worries was having an adolescent daughter reading romance novels on the sly). So like Ms. Sullivan, I decided to give this banned book a go. I checked it out from the library (thanks, Boston, for being generally progressive) and curled up under the covers to read it. I loved it. It's written simply but honestly, and Katherine and Michael talk through EVERYTHING. Katherine talks frankly with her mom, and her grandma, an attorney and Planned Parenthood advocate, acts as her confidante. Who wouldn't want their daughter to read this book? In fact, it might be a good idea for couples of all ages to read this book.
netflix stars: 5/5
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