The loyalties of Ms. Bergstein,...lie firmly with Ms. Blume. She writes with sympathy of the author’s dismay at the Reagan-era pushback and with considerable heat of the efforts by conservative parents and activists today to get ideological and sexually explicit books out of school libraries.
Bergstein’s groundbreaking book is analytical, smart and accessible, ultimately demonstrating how Blume’s work has contributed to ongoing cultural shifts across multiple generations of women.
