Summer Sisters follows the lives of Caitlyn and Victoria, two unlikely girls from different social backgrounds. Caitlin invites Victoria to stay the summer with her in Martha's Vineyard; shy Victoria can't imagine why someone as glamorous as Caitlin would want to be friend someone as boring as herself. The two of them form a complex friendship of love and rivalry that spans from the 1970s to the 1990s.
These girls share moments of soaring loyalty and heartbreaking betrayal, and I was stuck turning pages as fast as I could read, all the while wishing this story would never end. The settings are so real I could have plucked from my own childhood.
Although this book came out in 1998, I feel it is one of our hidden gems here at BPL.
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Summer Sisters