In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard’s world changes forever when Caitlin Somers chooses her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welco...
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Apr 07, 2011
Cora
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I found this book at the library, and since I loved Judy Blume as a child, I wanted to test one of the books she wrote for adults. I never could have expected a story so involving and complex. The characters come to life on the pages, and the storyline is brilliant in its commonness.
Summer Sisters follows the lives of Caitlyn Somers and Victoria Leonard, two unlikely girls from different social backgrounds. Caitlin invites Victoria to stay the summer with her and her father who live More...
Summer Sisters follows the lives of Caitlyn Somers and Victoria Leonard, two unlikely girls from different social backgrounds. Caitlin invites Victoria to stay the summer with her and her father who live More...
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Aug 08, 2011
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Mar 26, 2008
Nola
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One thing I really enjoy doing is rereading kids books. I checked out Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and zoomed through it in about two hours. I have reread many other classics and enjoyed them. I think my next big kids read will be the infamous Harriet the Spy which I loved and totally identified with as a child.
One of the greatest regrets of my life (in terms of small scale regrets, anyway) is that I sold off my Sweet Valley High books. Now, granted, SVH isn't all that 'classic More...
One of the greatest regrets of my life (in terms of small scale regrets, anyway) is that I sold off my Sweet Valley High books. Now, granted, SVH isn't all that 'classic More...
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Dec 16, 2009
Huntie
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I loved this book when I read it because it reminded me so much of the weird relationship I had with my best friend growing up. We spent numerous summers together at her parents' cottage having the requisite summer flings with out of town boys who we would never see again (until the next summer), and this book made me very nostalgic for those times.
What I liked was how Judy Blume told the story not only from a generic narrator's perspective, but also from the perspective of each char More...
What I liked was how Judy Blume told the story not only from a generic narrator's perspective, but also from the perspective of each char More...
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Dec 16, 2009
Jeremy
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All the presumably well-intentioned messages and general nostalgic goodwill notwithstanding, the fact remains that Judy Blume is the Larry Clark of young adult fiction, and her trashy "adult" novels belie this. Without the hassle of having to walk twelve-year-olds through puberty, Blume is free to make a beeline for the sweaty, grunting raunch. I have little to no problem with this. It's kind of a steaming clod, but you could easily read it on the beach while inadequately supervisin
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Dec 16, 2009
Clare
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I read this book every summer, mostly because it does such a great job of capturing the essence of the season. (I actually prefer to read it when it's still a little cold outside so I can be transported to warmer weather, but for the past few years it's been so hard to find time to get it in!) Anyway, if you define a favorite book as one you want to read again and again, this is definitely one of my favorites. I guess I'm not really surprised--Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret had the same h
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Jan 24, 2012
Amra
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Judy Blume's, Summer Sisters is an amazing portrayal of two girls trying to figure out how to grow up in this crazy world and what true friendship entails. Victoria and Caitlin are two girls from two very different worlds. Victoria is a reserved and smart girl who grew up in a large family taking care of her disabled brother, while Caitlin is the youngest of two who went back and forth, from parent to parent getting anything and everything she wanted in between. Someh More...
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Jul 14, 2008
Melissa
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This book starts with Victoria receiving an invitation from Caitlin to her wedding. Then Victoria flashes back...
Cat (Caitlin) and Vix (Victoria) in their preteens and follows them all the way into adulthood. Cat is rich with divorced parents, Vix comes from a poor family. Vix is invited out to Martha's Vineyard with Cat's father, brother, and step mother every summer. Although once in awhile Vix's family will be mentioned in the book, the main story is the summers on Martha's Vineyard.
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Cat (Caitlin) and Vix (Victoria) in their preteens and follows them all the way into adulthood. Cat is rich with divorced parents, Vix comes from a poor family. Vix is invited out to Martha's Vineyard with Cat's father, brother, and step mother every summer. Although once in awhile Vix's family will be mentioned in the book, the main story is the summers on Martha's Vineyard.
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Apr 23, 2008
Polly
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Another great book from Judy Blume, the Summer Sisters discusses the issue of two girl’s life. Caitlin and Victoria (Vix) who spends almost every summer together developed a strong relationship. Even though they are very close to each other, when I read more of the book I realize the deep secrets they have in their heart. Also they seem to have an opposite life. Vix live in a poorer family than Caitlin needs to earn her money to college and future. Caitlin lived in a rich family with suppor
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Mar 09, 2008
Allison
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I am in love with Sharkey. With this book, with Judy Blume, with summer sisters.
Last night my friend and I, sprawled on her bed, compaired childhood books and the sex scenes that were or were not so explicit in them. Their evolution from "he lay with her" and euphemisms to graphic drawn out details that made us blush and turn the page quickly when we were 12 and 13 year olds reading what our parents didn't think to screen. She told me about this book she read when she was 1 More...
Last night my friend and I, sprawled on her bed, compaired childhood books and the sex scenes that were or were not so explicit in them. Their evolution from "he lay with her" and euphemisms to graphic drawn out details that made us blush and turn the page quickly when we were 12 and 13 year olds reading what our parents didn't think to screen. She told me about this book she read when she was 1 More...
May 13, 2008
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No writer captures the seasons of our lives better than Judy Blume. Now, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wifey and Smart Women, comes an extraordinary novel of reminiscence and awakening--an unforgettable story of two women, two families, and the friendships that shape a lifetime.
When Victoria Leonard answers the phone in her Manhattan office, Caitlin's voice catches her by surprise. Vix hasn't talked to her oldest friend in months. Caitlin's news takes her breath aw More...
When Victoria Leonard answers the phone in her Manhattan office, Caitlin's voice catches her by surprise. Vix hasn't talked to her oldest friend in months. Caitlin's news takes her breath aw More...
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Aug 28, 2009
Andrea
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What shall I say... this book is candid. I am enjoying it thus far and I am 100 pages in. It is a hard book to put down because you want to know what happened back then. This book is a look back at the lives of two young women together. At the very beginning Vix gets a call from Caitlin that Caitlin is getting married to Bru. This means nothing to the reader, but as you can imagine, the story starts to take form and things just aren't always what they seem. Vix and Caitlin spend the summer
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Jan 07, 2009
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Read this on the plane from Denver to Seattle. It was a little odd, in that I haven't ever read any of her stuff for grownups. I was a HUGE fan of Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret -- so much that I recently bought another copy :) Anyway, this book was ok. Not exactly a romance novel, but definitely fits into that category, I think.
The "summer sisters" are Vix and Caitlin, who are best friends and "sisters" every summer on The Vineyard, but not during the More...
The "summer sisters" are Vix and Caitlin, who are best friends and "sisters" every summer on The Vineyard, but not during the More...
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Nov 14, 2011
Sandy
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I laughed, I cried, I mourned the death of my own relationship of my "summer sister". My summer sister is still around but we lost contact and we grew apart. I think that is what life gives you.
I remember reading Judy Blume books as a child (but those were her books that were ment for children to read) and she was one of my favorite authors back so so many years ago. Like a summer friend, I find her again through the connection of this book.
So many memories were br More...
I remember reading Judy Blume books as a child (but those were her books that were ment for children to read) and she was one of my favorite authors back so so many years ago. Like a summer friend, I find her again through the connection of this book.
So many memories were br More...
Oct 29, 2011
Andy
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Continuing on the Judy Blume theme. This is a the first adult novel I've read by Blume. It's longer than her YA fare, but it still shows the same skill at painting fascinating characters. Summer Sisters is the tale of a girl, Vix, who joins her "wild friend," Caitlen, for a whole summer on Martha's vineyard (in 1977) and ends up with this surrogate family every year after. It follows them from 12 to about 30. The POV is present tense, but flips around between everyone in the story exce
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Sep 15, 2011
Tiara
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This book spans the relationship of two girls -- the wealthy Caitlin and the underprivileged Vix. This follows them from the summer of 1977 to the summer of 1996. Cait and Vix meet in school when Cait asks Vix to accompany her to her father's house in the Vineyard. After that, Caitlin's life was never the same again. Vix is smart, observant, maybe even a little shy while Caitlin is vivacious, outgoing, and opinionated.
Most of the book is told from Vix's POV with subchapters from some o More...
Most of the book is told from Vix's POV with subchapters from some o More...
Aug 17, 2011
Tania
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Like most women who grew up in the 70s, I was a huge fan of Judy Blume's children's books. This is the first time I've read one of her adult novels. I didn't think it was bad, and yet I excpected more from her. I liked the main characters of Vix and Caitlin. The book is really about female friendship, belonging, family, and love. I could relate to how Caitlin treated Vix - I felt like I knew these girls. Their envy of each other made perfect sense, and I did sympathize with both of them. They we
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Jul 04, 2011
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May 10, 2011
Sophia
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Oddly enough I didn't like Judy Blume when I was a kid. I think I would get more out of "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" now than I did as a young girl. I remember being acutely aware that these books were supposed to be "honest" and not then relating at all to the characters, and feeling like that's not how things were. So when I discovered her adult fiction I was blown away: She is wonderfully honest and ruthless and funny. "Wifey" is one of my favorite
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Feb 14, 2011
I am currently reading this book, and i am surprised at how good it is!! So far it is about these two young girls named Caitlin and Vix (Which is short for Victoria.) And Vix barely knows Caitlin, Caitlin is sort of a rich girl and every summer Caitlin goes to her dads island and one summer she decides to bring vix and they discover so many new things about each other. As the summers pass vix keeps coming back and Caitlin's dad Lamb becomes engaged to a new woman whose name is Abby. Abby tries
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Jan 20, 2011
Beth
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It's winter break. Usually that means reading all the things I couldn't during the semester. Getting an MA in Literature, however, means that my vacations are full of TV and trashy magazines.
My mother handed me this. Said she enjoyed it back in the day. I loved Judy Blume as a kid and figured what the hell, a little fluff for the end of winter break? Nothing wrong with that. Especially because I have to read "Heart of Darkness" yet again this spring.
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My mother handed me this. Said she enjoyed it back in the day. I loved Judy Blume as a kid and figured what the hell, a little fluff for the end of winter break? Nothing wrong with that. Especially because I have to read "Heart of Darkness" yet again this spring.
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Jan 05, 2011
Heidi
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I had a hard time choosing stars for this book. I found it very compelling, but I'm just not sure why. When they were in elementary school, rich Caitlin invited working-class Victoria ("Vix") to spend the summer with her in Martha's Vineyard. They spent every summer after that on the Vineyard, enduring awkward adolescent years, flirting (and more than flirting) with local boys, being involved with each other's families, and basically being almost like sisters. The onset of adulthoo
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Jul 31, 2010
MichelleKCanada
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Judy Blume has the ability to create characters that the reader can easily see them self in. This book starts out with the two main characters, (Vix and Caitlin) being twelve and Judy Blume starts the book off in the summer of 1977. She really has the late 1970’s era down pat. She brought back so many memories for me. Things I had long forgot about. As the book grows, she winds in each of the years within the story perfectly.
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Jul 01, 2010
Jill
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Jul 02, 2010
Wendy
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This book was like a roller-coaster ride through two girls' lives. It took a hard look at friendship and what friends are willing and not willing to do and give up for each other.
Victoria is shocked when Caitlyn, the most popular girl in the school, asks her to spend the summer with her father on Martha's Vineyard. When she gets there it isn't at all what she expected but in an effort ot maintain her budding friendship with Caitlyn, she goes with the flow. Caitlyn says they are "summe More...
Victoria is shocked when Caitlyn, the most popular girl in the school, asks her to spend the summer with her father on Martha's Vineyard. When she gets there it isn't at all what she expected but in an effort ot maintain her budding friendship with Caitlyn, she goes with the flow. Caitlyn says they are "summe More...
Mar 08, 2010
Theresa
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It’s 1977, Victoria (Vix) Leonard and Caitlin Somers aren’t best friends in school and we definitely from different socio-economic backgrounds. Vix’s parents were married and they struggled to make ends meet. Having a child with a disability – one of her brothers had Muscular Dystrophy – didn’t help the family situation. Caitlin’s parents were divorced and her family had money. Her mother was still living a bit of the hippy/love child lifestyle and she spent each summer with her father and her b
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Aug 08, 2009
Sarah
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It's been awhile since I've been as much into a chick lit book as I was this one. This book is written over 15 years about the relationship between two girls who are the closest of friends every summer. At the start, I was very reflective on my own relationships with other women. But, once I got into the story there is little relating.
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1.) The sexual experiences in the first half of the book. They were wierd and shocking, taking away from my interest. I think t More...
The negatives:
1.) The sexual experiences in the first half of the book. They were wierd and shocking, taking away from my interest. I think t More...
Mar 31, 2007
jacky
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I don't get to read for fun often during the year, but I randomly picked up this book and got hooked. I read a lot of Judy Blume as a teen, so I was very interested in reading on of her adult books. The story and characters are interesting. It begins with a little mystery to keep you interested as you read. The writing itself is quick and easy. The book kept me interested throughout. The ending had a little twist I wasn't expecting although most of the plot was straightforward.
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Jan 16, 2011
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by Judy Blume
A SCRIBBLER'S Review
Yes folks, Judy Blume writes adult books as well! I mean come now, you never tried to read "Forever" when you were in the 5th grade?
I read this book based on a recommendation from a fellow-writer (not a "Scribbler" I might add), and I enjoyed it for what it was - a quick and simple read. Nothing too heavy. Just a "breather", and that truly, is what it was.
As middle school classmates, Caitl More...
A SCRIBBLER'S Review
Yes folks, Judy Blume writes adult books as well! I mean come now, you never tried to read "Forever" when you were in the 5th grade?
I read this book based on a recommendation from a fellow-writer (not a "Scribbler" I might add), and I enjoyed it for what it was - a quick and simple read. Nothing too heavy. Just a "breather", and that truly, is what it was.
As middle school classmates, Caitl More...
Nov 19, 2009
Carmen
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I've loved Judy Blume's books since I was younger. This is my first adult fiction that I've read of hers, and I gotta say that she's just as amazing as ever. Her writing is just as captivating as ever. Her stories from the very beginning lure you in and you just want to get through the story. Her narration is genuine and personal. I also love how from time to time, she'll write in someone else's perspective to give a light on the situation.
It's a wonderful story about a poor girl mee More...
It's a wonderful story about a poor girl mee More...
