Wedged into the copy of Forever… that I downloaded as research for this review, just after the dedication and just before chapter one, is a note from author Judy Blume. Though the book was first published in 1975, this particular section was only added in 2014, to offer more up-to-date information about STI prevention.
It’s a tiny addendum, really — one single page — and everything that follows otherwise reads exactly as it has for the past half-century. Yet it speaks volumes to both the novel’s enduring popularity and to Blume’s willingness to reconsider her own classic in a more current context.
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