I love this book.
Whenever I feel a little bit weary, or need an insight, I grab the book, sit by the corner of my bed, and capture its words.
This is everything about me. Summer, friendship, tevas, boys, first kiss, first sex, first love, holiday, white summer house, growing up, love affair, etc. On the other hand it includes dream, passion, working hard, compasiion, vision of the future, sanity, and wishful thinking.
This is the best of Judy Blume, is all I can say.
Man, you will find it very different than any other Blume's adult fiction books. In fact, this is not adult fiction genre, as the story evolved around one chacacter, Vix, from his childhood untill she married. Now, you know why..

One sentence I can find in www.amazon.com:
At home, Vix asked her mother, "How is it possible, in this day and age, that I've never seen the ocean?"