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"I shift from one foot to the other "because my mother's shoes
are too tight and my feet hurt. "I concentrate on the pain, "and the blisters that are forming
on my little toes, "because that way
I don't have to think about the coffin "that is being lowered into the ground. Or that my father's body is inside it." I think it was cathartic for me, in a way, to finally say goodbye to my father. "Dear Judy, My father died, "and it's the worst thing
that ever happened to me. The teachers and the other kids say
that I should have gotten over it by now." "I know
I shouldn't be telling you all this, "that I should be telling it to a doctor, "but I'm scared. So please, please, please listen." "What I want is someone to tell me, 'You'll live through this.'"
are too tight and my feet hurt. "I concentrate on the pain, "and the blisters that are forming
on my little toes, "because that way
I don't have to think about the coffin "that is being lowered into the ground. Or that my father's body is inside it." I think it was cathartic for me, in a way, to finally say goodbye to my father. "Dear Judy, My father died, "and it's the worst thing
that ever happened to me. The teachers and the other kids say
that I should have gotten over it by now." "I know
I shouldn't be telling you all this, "that I should be telling it to a doctor, "but I'm scared. So please, please, please listen." "What I want is someone to tell me, 'You'll live through this.'"
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"I shift from one foot to the other
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"because my mother's shoes
are too tight and my feet hurt.
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"I concentrate on the pain,
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"and the blisters that are forming
on my little toes,
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"because that way
I don't have to think about the coffin
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"that is being lowered into the ground.
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Or that my father's body is inside it."
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I think it was cathartic for me, in a way,
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to finally say goodbye to my father.
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"Dear Judy, My father died,
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"and it's the worst thing
that ever happened to me.
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The teachers and the other kids say
that I should have gotten over it by now."
00:00:44.096 --> 00:00:47.504
"I know
I shouldn't be telling you all this,
00:00:47.588 --> 00:00:50.979
"that I should be telling it to a doctor,
00:00:50.003 --> 00:00:51.592
"but I'm scared.
00:00:51.675 --> 00:00:54.637
So please, please, please listen."
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"What I want is someone to tell me,
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'You'll live through this.'"
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Movie Summary
Judy Blume and the generations of readers who have sparked to her work. It will examine her impact on pop culture and the occasional controversies over her frankness about puberty and sex.
