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Judy Blume · 1998
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What this book knows
Female friendship braided with first desire teaches Vix that longing for another person can remake your entire sense of self.
self-and-identity
Victoria's world shook for the first time on the day Caitlin sashayed up to her desk — scrappy, fearless, the first to say fuck and get away with it.
SS-008She doodles crescent moons and triangles, as if she's back in sixth grade — Caitlin's wedding date written at the centre of it all.
SS-004intimacy
She only hoped the blank book was worthy of Caitlin's thoughts. She dreamed about touching her hair, her sun-kissed skin.
SS-013They hadn't seen each other naked since last summer. 'Can I touch them?' Caitlin asked, leaning over and cupping her hands around them.
SS-001desire
Even though he wasn't totally gorgeous, there was something about Bru. She had no trouble imagining those sinewy arms wrapped around her.
SS-009'Stay with me, Victoria. I need you here, in my arms.' At that moment she felt nothing would ever matter but this.
SS-00315 published passages · book excerpt · lived experience
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