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Clara’s breath caught. 1982. That was the year Clara’s own mother, Sarah, would have been twelve. Her mother, who had died when Clara was nineteen, before they could ever talk about bras or periods or faith. Her mother, whose maiden name was Kline.

Not just into her own childhood—though there it was, the secret code of being eleven: the whispers about bras, the terror of the first period, the desperate prayers to a god she wasn't sure she believed in. No, this book held more . forever judy blume book

The next morning, Clara bought a new journal. She opened Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret to the first blank page. Below her mother’s signature, she wrote in her neatest hand: Clara’s breath caught