In ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret,’ a fictional crisis of faith at a real-life synagogue

A new film adaptation of Judy Blume’s beloved novel, first published in 1970, will be released on Friday

For generations, Judy Blume’s 1970 coming-of-age classic Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret has made girls on the cusp of adolescence laugh, cry and commiserate over the realities of their changing bodies.

But the beloved novel, which has...

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