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The Last Summer (of You and Me) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ann Brashares
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Category: Book
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 53598
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1594483086
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781594483080
ASIN: 1594483086
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Product Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants comes a glorious novel of unrequited love, longing and the meaning of friendship.( Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of Big Stone Gap and Lucia, Lucia
Riley and Alice, two sisters now in their twenties, and as fiercely different as they are loyal, have spent every summer at their parents modest beach house on New Yorks Fire Island. Each year, they return to the house and community they have known since they were childrenand to Paul, the boy next door. But this summer marks a season of change: budding love and sexual interest, an illness, and a deep secret force all three to confront the increasing complexities of their lives and friendships.
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 Dull and disappointing October 9, 2008
These characters just weren't fleshed out enough to me and the story is sooooo slow-moving. Even though the poignant sections were well-written, I just didn't care very much about the characters.
 Sweet Summer Story September 30, 2008
This is a sweet story set by the sea. With characters you come to care about and a great setting, its a touching story.
Brashare's Grows Up September 27, 2008
At long last the beloved writer of the young adult series The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants has brought us a novel for adults (though I fully admit that I LOVE the Sisterhood books and I'm FAR from being a teenager). The Last Summer (of You and Me) centers on Riley and Alice, sisters in their twenties, and their relationship with the past, the present and the next door neighbor boy-now-man. In this last summer they must learn to deal with new love, old loyalties, serious illness and the last painful stages of growing up and becoming their adult selves. Told in three different voices (a specialty of Brashares), the story moves along quickly and with great emotion.
 Don't Waste Your Time September 7, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have read more than half of this book and doubt that I will finish it. I am not invested in the characters and really don't care what happens to any of them. I agree with other reviewers here who advise Ms. Bashares to stick to writing books for young adults.
Soak it up September 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ann Brashares proves her mettle with The Last Summer (of You & Me). While reading the Traveling Pants series, I admired her ability to entertain, engross, and empathize with teen and young adult girls, and those who care about them. It's no different with her treatment of 20-somethings. And yet it is.
It's been a delight to discover that Brashares can so capably write in a literary mode, with characters and scenarios imparted through a third person lens. The book has myriad and quotable insights and observations about human nature, and the characters are lovably, frustratingly, life-like. It's apparent that Brashares respects her characters, though she's not afraid to let them falter, suffer, and strive.
The storyline is doled out at a pace ideally suited to the plot and setting. Lingering over character's thoughts and lovely, but infrequently idyllic scenes, I found myself eager to turn each page, yet reluctant to move on. I relished the atmosphere: somewhat naturalistic and removed from urban and digital realities.
Unpredictable, realistic, and filled with a melancholic hope, this book was a pleasure. I look forward to more novels (grown-up or teen-targeted) from this author.
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