I learned very quickly that I couldn't say anything about it because it would just be so hard for her. My mother lived 30 years after that and was never able to talk about that day. He wasn't shot and killed he died of a heart attack. I was a girl who lost her beloved father suddenly. "When you're writing, you really don't know where your ideas are coming from.
On echoes of her own life in the themes of Tiger Eyes It's people, you know, saying 'Who is Judy Blume?' and they tell their story about reading me, whether it's Whoopi Goldberg or Joan Rivers or Chelsea Handler, who owes me big time for the title of her book Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea? I mean, it's just a wonderful tape that I said to Larry, 'Save that and show it at my memorial service because it will make everyone laugh.' " "Larry made a fabulous little video for them called 'Who is Judy Blume?' and it's so funny. On explaining the Judy Blume "brand" to film executives Or do we market it to your nostalgia readers? And we can't do both.' And I said, 'But that's the only way to do it,' because I couldn't pick one audience over the other." Do we market it to teenage girls? That's one way of marketing it. "It's funny because the distributors said, 'Well, we don't know how to market this. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Her dad is shot and killed while minding his Atlantic City convenience store, and the plot follows Davey and her family as they cope in the aftermath of his death.Ĭlose overlay Buy Featured Book Title Tiger Eyes Author Judy Blume Judy Blume joins NPR's Audie Cornish to talk about Tiger Eyes' heroine, Davey, who deals with a lot more than just boy trouble. But Blume's son Lawrence Blume, a director, worked with his mother to adapt her 1981 novel, Tiger Eyes, for the big screen. Up until now, her widely beloved books haven't been made into feature films. Now, Blume - the author of coming-of-age novels such as Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Then Again, Maybe I Won't and Blubber - will reach a new generation of girls in a new medium. Mention Judy Blume to almost any woman under a certain age and you're likely to get this reaction: Her face lights up, and she's transported back to her childhood self - curled up with a book she knows will speak directly to her anxieties about relationships, self-image and measuring up. Her 1981 novel, Tiger Eyes, has just been adapted into a movie. Judy Blume is the author of many books for kids and teens, including Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Blubber.
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