THE book was a movie waiting to happen – a story of a pre-teen girl facing the kinds of issues kids will confront for eternity: puberty, making friends, feeling awkward, dealing with parents and finding their place in the world.
Yet it took more than 50 years for Judy Blume’s beloved novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret to make it to the silver screen – and it wasn’t for lack of trying on Hollywood’s part.
For the better part of half a century, the author refused to hand over the rights to her hugely successful children’s book because she feared Tinseltown would gloss over the gritty bits.
But Judy changed her mind in
