FOREVER by Judy Blume was a book I wasn't allowed to read
when it
was first published in 1975. I was thirteen at the time.
I'm sure I wouldn't
have understood some of it back then, but I loved it now,
at fifty! What a
beautiful love story. Katherine meets Michael at a New
Year's Eve Party.
At first she pretends she isn't interested, but when he asks
one of her
friends for Katherine's number she tries to hide her
happiness. She has
never had a serious boyfriend and even though she is almost
eighteen, she
thinks she knows it all. She is a virgin and plans to stay
that way until she
falls in love. She believes you have to be in love before
you go all the way.
Michael doesn't pressure her at first, but he just keeps
dropping little hints
about how badly he wants to be with her!
On her birthday, Michael gives her a bracelet with the word
forever on it.
She is so in love with him as he is with her, that they both
believe in
forever. But summer comes and her parents are worried abut
how much
time she is spending with Michael and are concerned that she
spends all of
her free time with him and him only. Get out and meet new
people they tell
her. She of course, isn't listening! They tell her she is
going away for the
summer to the camp her little sister is going to. It's only
seven weeks, but
to Katherine, it is the end of the world! How is she going
to survive that long
without him? Well, she has no choice they tell her, she has
to go! Once
there she meets Theo and over time they feel a connection,
but he knows
about Michael and neither one of them act on it. At first!
She does some
growing up away from home and decides she needs to be honest
with
Michael about how she is feeling. Does forever even exist??
Read the book
to find out!
Judy Blume is a great story teller and even though this was
written thirty
years ago I still enjoyed it. FOREVER was controversial
back then and it is
still banned in some places. I don't understand that at
all. I wouldn't give it
to an eight year old, but I don't see anything wrong with a
teenager reading
it. I've always loved Judy Blume books and FOREVER did
not disappoint.
Judy will pull you in each and every time and have you all
wrapped up in
the characters lives right away. This book is filled with
teenage drama and
romance. It is also honest and a book that we can all relate to.
When you
build up something in your mind—really imagine it, wish for
it—sometimes, when it actually happens, it doesn’t live up
to your expectations.
True love is nothing like
that.
Especially not for Katherine and Michael, who
can’t get enough of each other. Their relationship is
unique: sincere, intense, and fun all at the same time.
Although they haven’t been together all that long, they know
it’s serious. A whole world opens up as young passion and
sexuality bloom.
But it’s senior year of high school,
and there are big changes ahead. Michael and Katherine are
destined for another big “first”: a decision. Is this the
love of a lifetime, or the very beginning of a lifetime of love?
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