Review: Judy Blume’s “Are You There God?” gets the film version it deserves
”) has just returned from summer camp to find that her parents have decided to move to from New York to New Jersey, a choice both Margaret and her grandmother think is a huge mistake, one that will ruin Margaret’s life.
Once ensconced in suburbia, Margaret is befriended by Nancy , the one girl in the class who seems to intuitively know exactly how to be the “right” kind of girl. With two other girls, Nancy and Margaret form a secret club with a focus on boys, bras — and how to best fill them — and getting their first periods. Margaret, on her own, struggles with religion: Her Christian mother and Jewish father — both nonobservant — have decided to allow Margaret to choose her faith, if she chooses any at all.
“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is decidedly and joyfully innocent. It’s refreshing to see a story about tween girls who are not depicted as children or shamed or sexualized. Things were simpler in the 1970s: no social media, no cellphones, nary a computer to be seen, and yet this story still rings true to modern-day Margarets, regardless of their current age.
Whether you’re coping with hot flashes, acne or both — come on, Mother Nature, not cool! — “Margaret” reminds us that this too shall pass, and that we are not alone. Those who are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their periods and those who are wishing that it would just stop already will find common ground in Margaret’s story. It seems that Blume’s work can still teach us a few things about ourselves.
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