The Last Summer (of You and Me) - Softcover

Brashares, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594483086 ISBN 13: 9781594483080

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2008

Synopsis

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Ann Brashares comes her first adult novel

In the town of Waterby on Fire Island, the rhythms and rituals of summer are sacrosanct: the ceremonial arrivals and departures by ferry; yacht club dinners with terrible food and breathtaking views; the virtual decree against shoes; and the generational parade of sandy, sun-bleached kids, running, swimming, squealing, and coming of age on the beach.

Set against this vivid backdrop, The Last Summer (of You and Me) is the enchanting, heartrending story of a beach-community friendship triangle and summertime romance among three young adults for whom summer and this place have meant everything. Sisters Riley and Alice, now in their twenties, have been returning to their parents' modest beach house every summer for their entire lives. Petite, tenacious Riley is a tomboy and a lifeguard, always ready for a midnight swim, a gale-force sail, or a barefoot sprint down the beach. Beautiful Alice is lithe, gentle, a reader and a thinker, and worshipful of her older sister. And every summer growing up, in the big house that overshadowed their humble one, there was Paul, a friend as important to both girls as the place itself, who has now finally returned to the island after three years away. But his return marks a season of tremendous change, and when a simmering attraction, a serious illness, and a deep secret all collide, the three friends are launched into an unfamiliar adult world, a world from which their summer haven can no longer protect them.

Ann Brashares has won millions of fans with her blockbuster series, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, in which she so powerfully captured the emotional complexities of female friendship and young love. With The Last Summer (of You and Me), she moves on to introduce a new set of characters and adult relationships just as true, endearing, and unforgettable. With warmth, humor, and wisdom, Brashares makes us feel the excruciating joys and pangs of love--both platonic and romantic. She reminds us of the strength and sting of friendship, the great ache of loss, and the complicated weight of family loyalty. Thoughtful, lyrical, and tremendously moving, The Last Summer (of You and Me) is a deeply felt celebration of summer and nostalgia for youth.

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Paperback. Pub Date :2008-5-1 Pages: 306 Publisher: Penguin From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sisterhoodof the Traveling Pants comes a glorious novel of unrequited love. longing and the meaning of friendship. (Adriana Trigiani. New YorkTimes bestselling author of Big Stone Gap and Lucia. Lucia Riley and Alice. two sisters now in their twenties. and asfiercely different as they are loyal. have spent every summer attheir parents' modest beach house on New York's Fire Island. Eachyear. they return to the house and community they have known sincethey were children-and to Paul. the boy next door But this summermarks a season of change:. budding love and sexual interest. anillness. and a deep secret force all three to confront theincreasing complexities of their lives and friendships.

Review:

aA vivid elegy for youth...Brashares is wise as well as sentimental. She sagely remembers just how it feels to be young, lost, and in love. "The Last Summer (of You and Me)" is a weeper: If you donat grow misty thereas something a bit shifty about the state of your heart.a
a"The Miami Herald"
aNatural, insightful, and affecting. A-.a
a"Entertainment Weekly"
aGet out your handkerchiefs. A perfect summer novel.a
a"The Vancouver Sun"
a"The Last Summer" is as much a treatise on loyalty and letting go of childish ways as it is on a summer of love.a
a"USA Today"
aAn unputdownable beach book calls for love, deceit, and sex. And "The Last Summer (of You and Me),.".has all those elements.a
a"Cosmopolitan"
aWould do nicely under a beach umbrella.a
a"The New York Times"
aCompelling...steeped in the familiar longings for lost time that readers seeking the carefree pleasure of a summer will enjoy.a
aKim Edwards, "The Washington Post"
aAnn Brasharesas new book will delight all of her "Traveling Pants" fansanow grown-up and ready for this very adult novel of love, loss and the beauty of intense family bonds.a
aAnita Shreve, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Pilotas Wife" and "A Wedding in December"
aFunny, deep and true, this one will keep you reading long after the sun has gone down.a
aAdriana Trigiani, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Big Stone Gap" and "Lucia, Lucia"

?A vivid elegy for youth...Brashares is wise as well as sentimental. She sagely remembers just how it feels to be young, lost, and in love. "The Last Summer (of You and Me)" is a weeper: If you don?t grow misty there's something a bit shifty about the state of your heart.?
?"The Miami Herald"
?Natural, insightful, and affecting. A-.?
?"Entertainment Weekly"
?Get out your handkerchiefs. A perfect summer novel.?
?"The Vancouver Sun"
?"The Last Summer" is as much a treatise on loyalty and letting go of childish ways as it is on a summer of love.?
?"USA Today"
?An unputdownable beach book calls for love, deceit, and sex. And "The Last Summer (of You and Me)."..has all those elements.?
?"Cosmopolitan"
?Would do nicely under a beach umbrella.?
?"The New York Times"
?Compelling...steeped in the familiar longings for lost time that readers seeking the carefree pleasure of a summer will enjoy.?
?Kim Edwards, "The Washing

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1594483086
• ISBN 13: 9781594483080
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320