Great product!</br></br>Product Description</br></br><b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER ?Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Readers Circle for author chats and more.</b><br> ?<br> In the summer of 1977 Victoria Leonards world changes forever when Caitlin Somers chooses her as a friend. Dazzling reckless Caitlin welcomes Vix into the heart of her sprawling eccentric family opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege sweeping her away to vacations on Marthas Vineyard an enchanting place where the two friends become summer sisters.<br> ?<br> Now years later Vix is working in New York City. Caitlin is getting married on the Vineyard. And the early magic of their long complicated friendship has faded. But Caitlin begs Vix to come to her wedding to be her maid of honor. And Vix knows that she will gobecause she wants to understand what happened during that last shattering summer. And after all these years she needs to know why her best friendher summer sisterstill has the power to break her heart.<br> <b><i>?</i></b><br> <b>Praise for <i>Summer Sisters</i></b><br> <b><i>?</i></b><br> ??Compulsively readable . . . [Blume??s] powers are prodigious.??<b>?<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> </b><br> ?<br> ??As warm as a summer breeze blowing through your hair?? as nostalgic as James Taylor singing ??How Sweet It Is.?? You r"" So does Judy Blume. How sweet it was.??<b>?<i>Chicago Tribune</i></b><br> <b>?</b><br> ??An exceptionally moving story that can leave the reader laughing and crying . . . sometimes at the same time . . . Blume creates a rich tapestry of characters.??<b>?<i>The Denver Post</i></b><br> ?<br> ??Blume??s characters still tend to hover after the book is set aside. . . . She catches perfectly the well-armored love between longtime female friends.??<b>?<i>The Seattle Times</i></b></br></br>Amazon.com Review</br></br>Judy Blume first won legions of fans with such young adult classics as <i>Are You There  God? It's Me?? Margaret</i> and <i>Forever</i>?? in which she tackles the cultural hot button of  teenage sexuality. In <i>Summer Sisters</i>?? her third novel for adults?? the author again explores  the ramifications of love--and lust--on two friends. Initially?? the differences between Caitlin Somers  and Victoria Leonard (or ""itlin christens her) draw them together: privileged  Caitlin is wild and outspoken?? beautiful but emotionally fragile?? while working-class Vix is shy??  reserved?? and plain in comparison. After Caitlin selects Vix to accompany her to her father's home  in Martha's Vineyard for the summer?? the two become in"