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Summer Sisters
Summer Sisters
Author: Judy Blume
In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard's world changed forever, when Caitlin Somers chose her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomed Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege, sweeping her away to vacations on Martha's Vineyard, a magical, wind-blown island where ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780440295723
ISBN-10: 0440295726
Publication Date: 1999
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 6 ratings
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 10
Summer Sisters is an adult read about two friends from young through adult, Caitlin stays on Martha's Vinyard every summer with her father and has invited Vix from Santa Fe to stay and this becomes an every summer happening. Vix becomes a part of this privileged family through these summer visits so the family pay her Harvard education while Caitlin is the wild one who chooses to live the lavish life in Europe instead of school. It is a good fast read.
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Helpful Score: 9
I loved this book; I did not want it to end. It starts out rather slow but after a few chapters it picks up nicely. It made me laugh and made me cry. I wish Judy Blume would do a sequel to it.
bananapancakes avatar reviewed Summer Sisters on + 95 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
Read this in highschool when I was visiting Martha's Vineyard, where the book takes place. A great read then... will read again soon i am sure. A great adult read from my childhood fav author Judy Blume.
gdcleary avatar reviewed Summer Sisters on + 21 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
I didn't really care for this book. I thought that the way the book was written was confusing. At least Judy Blume puts each name at the top of the pages so that you can following who is thinking and saying what. I thought that there were too many characters to keep track of - I kept getting them mixed up with who belonged to whom. I really didn't like the way the book ended - to much like a television series finally (never really tied up the loose ends).

Beware: This is definately an adult book with a great deal of references to adult themes.
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Helpful Score: 7
Since this is the first "adult" novel I have read from one of my favorite childhood authors, I was ill-prepared for some of the mature content, and found myself blushing, especially near the beginning of the book (this book is NOT intended for the audience of "Blubber!") However, Blume's writing style has changed very little from her young adult novels, making this an easy read, and I absolutely loved the story of two girls tied by a childhood bond, yet struggling through their relationship as they matured. Victoria's character is especially authentic and relatable, and my heart went out to her as she dealt with the betrayals of a friend she loved dearly.
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joeysgirl avatar reviewed Summer Sisters on + 15 more book reviews
Great Book One the best i have ever red by JUdy Blume
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FROM THE PUBLISHER
Summer Sisters chronicles the lifelong friendship between two women, from their girlhood summers together on Martha's Vineyard to their more complicated adult relationship. Caitlin dazzled Vix from the start, sweeping her into the world of the Somers family, a world of privilege, adventure and sexual daring. Vix's bond with her 'summer' family had forever reshaped her relatioship to her own, opening doors to opportunities she had never imagined. Then, the summer she falls passionately in love, in one shattering moment on a moonswept beach, everything changes, exposing a dark undercurrent in her extraordinary friendship with Caitlin that will haunt them through the years. A riveting exploration of the choices that define our lives, of friendship and love, of the families we are born into and those we struggle to create, and a story for every woman who has ever had a friend too dangerous to forgive and too essential to forget.
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Very good book!
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I got about 1/3 of the way through this book and chose to close it without finishing it. I've read many of Judy Blume's books and usually enjoy them. While I would never be called prudish, I found the amount of sexual conversation between two girls too young for those kinds of conversations inappropriate and disrespectful. I suspect the storyline may have been a good one further on, but the continual main theme of these types of conversations between these two girls was more than I wanted.
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awesome read!
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Judy Blume does not disapoint with this one.
tyrtlegirl avatar reviewed Summer Sisters on
Great, fun story.
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Where have all the happy books gone? Why is very book about screwed-up, dysfunctional people and their families?
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A very moving story about how how a young girl's wealthy friend invites her into her family and how it changes her life...well-written, moving novel.
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The beginning of the book was a little uncomfortable to read, but from the middle on, I really got into it and enjoyed the ending.
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This book had a lot of sex in it, I must say. Perhaps that was the reality of the 70s and 80s ... not sure.

All in all, the book kept me reading, curious to find out what happens in the end. However, I can't say I liked any of the characters. It seems like ALL of them needed a healthy dose of logic and reason. They were so emotional and so all over the place, leaving much of their life to the whims of chance ... or, what I like to call, laziness and lack of personal responsibility for the decisions in one's life.

I couldn't relate to anyone. I can already imagine how the character's children will repeat the bad cycle of decision-making of their parents. I honestly hope most women have more sense than these characters!
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A fun read for anyone who loves the relationships between women. For those of us who grew up with Judy Blume, she now takes us into the more sophisticated world of adult women. Worth a read.
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loved; a fun read!
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Tug at the heartstrings tale of growing up, a good read. Will make you cry and laugh with recognition of how sometimes the ones we put on a pedestal are not the perfect beings we thought.
klonnie2007 avatar reviewed Summer Sisters on + 5 more book reviews
I like Judy Blume, but I did not care for this book. The plot of the book was ok, I think the ending could have been better.


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