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Sitting Shivah: Holocaust Mourning in Judy Blume's Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
- Children's Literature
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 36, 2008
- pp. 88-114
- 10.1353/chl.0.0003
- Article
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While it received dismal reviews from its critics, Judy Blume's novel, Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself (1977), may be considered one of the most compelling representations of how young people approach an ultimately ineffable historical event and attempt to mourn the traumatic loss it has incurred.