The Last Summer (of You and Me)

By Brashares, Ann

Publishers Summary:
From the author of the multimillion-copy, #1 bestselling series The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants comes a heartbreaking first adult novel. Ann Brashares's series, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, has made her one of the most successful contemporary authors, shipping more than 8 million copies over the last five years and winning even more millions of passionate fans. Now, like Judy Blume (Summer Sisters) before her, Brashares turns her spectacular gifts to adult readers. In The Last Summer (of You and Me), Brashares uses her remarkable storytelling, emotional insights, and talent for capturing relationships to weave a rich, textured, mature novel that will resonate as clearly with readers in their forties as in their twenties. Set on Long Island's Fire Island, The Last Summer (of You and Me) is an enchanting, heartrending page-turner about sisterhood, friendship, love, loss, and growing up. It is the story of a beach community friendship triangle-Riley and Alice, two sisters in their twenties, and Paul, the young man they've grown up with-and what happens one summer when budding love, sexual curiosity, a sudden serious illness, and a deep secret all collide, launching the friends into an adult world from which their summer haven can no longer protect them. As wise, compelling, and endearing as her Traveling Pants series, and as lyrical, thoughtful, and moving as the best literary women's fiction, this novel is sure to win an entire new generation of adult fans.

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ISBN
978-1-59448-917-4
Publisher
Riverhead Hardcover


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Reviewed on April 1, 2007

This debut adult novel from Brashares, author of the "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series, will please her innumerable fans and may win over readers who enjoy a thoughtful coming-of-age story. Set primarily on New York's Fire Island, the book features a classic triangle. Twentysomething sisters Alice and Riley and their next-door neighbor Paul have a shared history going back...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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