 a really compelling argument for why judy bloom elicits the kind of reactions in people that she does right if you're a woman of a certain age and you say to another woman of a certain age the name judy bloom they almost get flustered like they're so excited they get flushed they they get this look in their eye like they're thinking of a former romance you know and um i really wanted to explore why that is while so many of judy's contemporaries um have sort of receded into history