![]() It’s been three decades or more, but there are all the old familiar details-the organdy skirts, the finished basements, the lingerie-shopping trips-and cadences. Freedman as Herself” and “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing” and “Then Again, Maybe I Won’t” and beyond-I read fifteen of her books, some many times-reading “In the Unlikely Event” in adulthood is like reconnecting with a long-lost friend. ![]() If you, like millions of kids, read “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” and “Starring Sally J. On Tuesday, Blume came to the 92nd Street Y to talk about it and her career, with Samantha Bee, of “Daily Show” fame. The novel is based on real-life unlikely events: three plane crashes that took place in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Blume’s home town, in the winter of 1951-1952. ![]() This week, Judy Blume, friend of our youth, published “In the Unlikely Event,” her first novel for adults in seventeen years. Judy Blume, left, with Samantha Bee, discussed her decades of writing for young readers and her new novel, “In the Unlikely Event.” PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY JOYCE CULVER ![]()
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