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Reflections On Gone With The Wind  Originally published on Mon
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CONSIDERED from NPR News.  The novel "Gone with the Wind" by
Margaret Mitchell is an American classic. As with any great
book, it inspires wildly different responses from readers. It's
also the subject of our latest PG-13, where we hear from authors
about the books that introduced them to the world of adult
ideas.  Fittingly, we have not one but two different reactions
to "Gone with the Wind" from two writers. First, an
appreciation. When she was a kid, Jodi Picoult fell in love with
the book, especially the romance between its central characters,
Scarlett and Rhett.  JODI PICOULT: I was one of those kids,
always had a book in my hand, always fell asleep reading. So you
can imagine my shock when I brought home a book by Judy Blume
and my mother said I wasn't allowed to read it. What gives? It's
the sex, my mom said. Well, what's a teenag