In Bed, Part 1 isn’t just a scene; it’s an invitation. Tucker asks us to lie down with our own truths, and not look away.

Here’s a good write-up for In Bed by Josie Tucker (in conversation with Judy Blume’s themes, Part 1): In Bed, Part 1 – Josie Tucker Channels Judy Blume’s Fearless Honesty

In the first part of In Bed , Josie Tucker does something rare: she writes about the body with Blume-like clarity, but filtered through a contemporary, unflinching adult lens. Where Judy Blume’s Forever captured the awkward, thrilling firsts of teenage desire, Tucker’s In Bed examines what happens when desire lingers, changes, or hides under the covers of chronic illness, exhaustion, or self-doubt.