Author Judy Blume diagnosed with breast cancer

**Waterslide** · September 5th, 2012, 01:57 PM

It's too bad she missed a screening of it. I'm excited to see what they do with the adaptation.

**LynnieD** · September 5th, 2012, 02:07 PM

Serious bummer....best to you Judy baby! Love ya!

**McJag** · September 5th, 2012, 02:28 PM

Poor woman. I am sure she will do well,but what a shock.
A good friend of mine had it,too. No family history. Trim. No vices. It can just hit out of the blue and I hope reseach will find out why. Awful.

**greysfang** · September 5th, 2012, 02:31 PM

So sad, I loved Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing so damn much, actually all of the Fudge books. I hope she pulls through just fine and gets her month-long Italian vacation soon.

**KrisNine** · September 5th, 2012, 02:51 PM

Oh, no! I love Judy Blume. Her books were the best and I look forward to sharing them with my daughter. I wish her all the best and hope they get this cancer.

**shipmate** · September 5th, 2012, 05:31 PM

I just gave my daughter Are you There God... a few weeks ago. She loved it as much as I did. Get well Judy Blume!

**chartreuse** · September 5th, 2012, 06:32 PM

such sadness! i hope she pulls through. she was one of my favorite childhood authors. i even stole a copy of 'are you there god?...' from my library once, because i just couldn't bear to part with it.

**Catty** · September 5th, 2012, 08:21 PM

One of my favourite authors - to this day her books make me laugh! Hope she's feeling much better soon!

**Beantownfan** · September 5th, 2012, 08:50 PM

I love her books! I hope they got it all too.

**witchcurlgirl** · September 5th, 2012, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by ang

such sadness! i hope she pulls through. she was one of my favorite childhood authors. i even stole a copy of 'are you there god?...' from my library once, because i just couldn't bear to part with it.

I'm calling the library police!

**thunder&lightning** · September 5th, 2012, 09:35 PM

i hope she makes it through to write more books.

**Bellatheball** · September 5th, 2012, 09:38 PM

Count me as another who loved her books as a kid. It was like she was writing specifically for me and no one else. My daughter and I have read the Fudge books and she loves them too. I hope JB has a speedy and easy recovery.

**Annie B** · September 6th, 2012, 01:03 AM

OMG, all us girls who read her book WERE Margaret! As much a part of my pre-teen ritual as reading Diary of Anne Frank. Sniffles and sads.

What TERRIFIED me of Are You There God was these "sanitary belts" I would someday have to wear for a week every month. SO much info, sorry, but I remember big old Kotex cardboard tampons in my mom's bathroom but no belt with metal hangy things to hold a big sanitary napkin with.