First printing of this tween novel of diaristic dismay, disillusion, and divorce, a classic of the "new realism" trend in YA.
Near fine in near fine jacket.
Price: $400.00
"I don't think I'll ever get married. Why should I? All it does is make you miserable."
From the golden age of middle-grade social realism, Judy Blume's sensitive early-'70s exploration of a nuclear family's separation follows her young narrator's struggle against the inevitable changes coming to both her parents and herself. Often banned and challenged for a frankness and honesty new to their readership, Blume's early and mid-career works transformed the landscape of literary adolescence and freed the evolving genre from a didactic forced optimism dearer to parents and educators than to adolescents themselves.
First edition. Scarsdale, NY: Bradbury Press, (1972). 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original beige cloth with black lettering to front board and spine. In original unclipped ($4.95) pictorial dust jacket by Saul Lambert. Orange endpapers. Reinforced binding. 169, [1] pages. Ownership stamp and name to front free endpaper. Light edgewear to boards and jacket.
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