Judy Blume Book — Forever

There was a name on the inside cover. Written in loopy, purple pen: .

She looked at the moving sale’s address. Her mother must have lost the book in a move, or loaned it to a friend who never returned it. It had traveled for thirty years, only to find its way back on the eve of a house being torn down. 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: There was a name on the inside cover