false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173482418m/296302.jpg 296302 19 From the author of the multimillion-copy, #1 bestselling series <i>The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants</i> comes a heartbreaking first adult novel. Ann Brashares's series, <i>The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants</i>, 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 (<i>Summer Sisters</i>) before her, Brashares turns her spectacular gifts to adult readers. In <i>The Last Summer (of You and Me)</i>, 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, <i>The Last Summer (of You and Me)</i> 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 <i>Traveling Pants</i> 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. 1139021 6 6 2007 The Last Summer (of You and Me) total:4653|5:695|4:1486|3:1606|2:671|1:195| 4653 15774 6715 1112 1 11 false false Mon May 19 09:13:44 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 09:16:08 -0700 2008 saving grace of it all.more...]]> 2 7 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 09:58:29 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 06:28:30 -0700 2007
1. If this had come out while I was in high school, I would have LOVED it. You would have seen me clutching it all moony-eyed for days. So when the reviews say that this is for the fans of the traveling pants series who ...more...]]> 1 4 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 17:16:41 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 13:34:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 3 false false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 05:37:21 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 05:39:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 18 19:17:46 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 19:46:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Jul 18 07:06:03 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 22 09:22:22 -0700 2007 3 2 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon May 12 20:27:31 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 08 20:36:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Nov 04 12:01:04 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 04 12:02:13 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 4 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 24 16:10:21 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 24 16:21:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false true Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 21:41:07 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 21:51:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 05:40:12 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 05:40:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Dec 24 15:23:31 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 15:30:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 08:03:46 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 08:10:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 09 05:49:35 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 05:52:40 -0700 2009 Can't Get There From Here

As I was searching through some notes last night, I came across a book review I had written a few weeks ago. It seems a little incongruous now – now that I’m a wee bit happier than the version of me who penned this hasty book review. But,...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 10:07:38 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 10:07:38 -0700 2009
I've never read any of Ann Brashares' Traveling Pants series, so I didn't really know what to expect. And I'm not too sure I'd be jumping up and down to read them after this experience.

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