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The Last Summer (of You and Me)

by Ann Brashares
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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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  • Release date

    May 6, 2008

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781440637469

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781440637469
      • File size: 443 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 5
    • Lexile® Measure: 720
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 2, 2007
      The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
      author delivers her first novel for adults, a treacly tale about the tribulations a trio of longtime friends encounter. For as long as she can remember, 21-year-old Alice has spent summers on Fire Island with her parents and older sister, Riley. Riley, 24, is a beach lifeguard, more boyish in both looks and spirit than sweet, feminine Alice. An island neighbor and Riley's best friend, Paul, whose father is dead and mother mostly absent, returns to the island after two years away and must decide whether to sell his family's house there. More importantly, he and Alice finally act on an attraction they've felt for years, but they keep their frequent nuzzling quiet so as not to hurt Riley. Riley, meanwhile, has her own problems that could ruin Alice and Paul's clandestine romance and just about everything else. Brashares's YA roots are on display: the girls and Paul act like high school kids (Riley threatens to move out of the house unless everyone butts out; Paul and Alice are stricken with the most saccharine of puppy love), and anything below the surface is left untouched. It's a beach read, for sure, but a mediocre one.

    • Library Journal

      April 1, 2007
      This debut adult novel from Brashares, author of the "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series, will please her innumerable fans and may win over readers who enjoy a thoughtful coming-of-age story. Set primarily on New York's Fire Island, the book features a classic triangle. Twentysomething sisters Alice and Riley and their next-door neighbor Paul have a shared history going back to their early childhoods. During this one fateful summer, external events force them all to grow up and move out of the perceived simplicity of their past. Alice in particular is torn between her conflicting feelings of love for Paul and loyalty to her sister. Paul's narcissism and Riley's Peter Pan complex keep the trio in a state of parallel play for too long, but slowly Brashares makes her case, which culminates in a tragedy that that readers will have seen coming (it's perhaps too heavily foreshadowed). The themes strongly resemble those explored by Ann Packer in "The Dive from Clausen's Pier". Expect high demand and buy for all popular fiction collections; feel confident recommending to YA readers as well.Teresa L. Jacobsen, Solano Cty. Lib., Fairfield, CA

      Copyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:5
  • Lexile® Measure:720
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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