Summary
"Emotionally satisfying, compulsively readable . . . triggers both laughter and tears. . . . You'll be utterly captivated," is how Working Womandescribed Judy Blume's Smart Women. This tender and hilarious story of a divorced woman, who falls in love with her best friend's ex-husband, is told from the point of view of both the adults and the adolescents, making for a deeply engaging read that crosses generations. Readers have continued to discover this novel over the two decades since its original publication, to the tune of 2 million copies, and it sold more than 100,000 copies in the last year. Judy Blume holds a completely unique position in the hearts of readers, and these new editions will have them falling in love all over again.
Judy Blume was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on February 12, 1938. She received a bachelor's degree in education from New York University in 1961. Her first book, The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo, was published in 1969. Her other books include Are You There, God? It's Me Margaret; Then Again, Maybe I Won't; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great; and Blubber. Her adult titles include Wifey, Smart Women, Summer Sisters, and In the Unlikely Event. In 1996, she received the American Library Association's Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement and in 2004, she received the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
(Bowker Author Biography)
