The 85-year-old author talks about her reaction to seeing Are You There God in this video. More than 50 years after it was initially released as a novel, It’s Me, Margaret was made into a movie.
Are You There God?, by American author Judy Blume, is a beloved book. The first edition of It’s Me, Margaret came out in 1970. An 11-year-old girl who is battling with puberty, friendships, and faith is the protagonist.
Its frank look at adolescence courted controversy and in the the 1980s, it was banned from some American school libraries.
Asked today why it took so long to bring the book to the screen, Blume says she was waiting for someone who she could recognise as having the passion to deal with the project.
“It was the right moment because it was the right team,” she tells Laura Kuenssberg.
Blume says her son once told her she should wait until “all those people who grew up with your books are in power in Hollywood and… see what happens”.
“And I’m so glad that I’m around to see it,” she adds.
You can watch the trailer for the film here.