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Summer Sisters

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

By Judy Blume

By Judy Blume

By Judy Blume

By Judy Blume

By Judy Blume

By Judy Blume

By Judy Blume
Read by Sophie Amoss, Mark Deakins, Cassandra Campbell, Rebecca Lowman, George Newbern, Xe Sands, MacLeod Andrews, Ari Fliakos, Michael Crouch, Saskia Maarleveld, Dawn Harvey, Brittany Pressley, Everette Plen and Judy Blume

By Judy Blume
Read by Sophie Amoss, Mark Deakins, Cassandra Campbell, Rebecca Lowman, George Newbern, Xe Sands, MacLeod Andrews, Ari Fliakos, Michael Crouch, Saskia Maarleveld, Dawn Harvey, Brittany Pressley, Everette Plen and Judy Blume

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Paperback $18.00

May 27, 2003 | ISBN 9780385337663

Mass Market Paperback $7.99

May 04, 1999 | ISBN 9780440226437

Ebook $7.99

Dec 16, 2009 | ISBN 9780307575241

Audiobook Download $20.00

Sep 14, 2021 | 558 Minutes

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    About Summer Sisters

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • “Summer Sisters is a book to return to again and again.”—Colleen Hoover

    “As warm as a summer breeze blowing through your hair, as nostalgic as James Taylor singing ‘How Sweet It Is.’ You remember. So does Judy Blume. How sweet it was.”—Chicago Tribune
     
    In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard’s 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 Martha’s Vineyard, an enchanting place where the two friends become “summer sisters.”
     
    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 go—because she wants to understand what happened during that last shattering summer. And, after all these years, she needs to know why her best friend—her summer sister—still has the power to break her heart.

    About Summer Sisters

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • “Summer Sisters is a book to return to again and again.”—Colleen Hoover

    “As warm as a summer breeze blowing through your hair, as nostalgic as James Taylor singing ‘How Sweet It Is.’ You remember. So does Judy Blume. How sweet it was.”—Chicago Tribune
     
    In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard’s 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 Martha’s Vineyard, an enchanting place where the two friends become “summer sisters.”
     
    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 go—because she wants to understand what happened during that last shattering summer. And, after all these years, she needs to know why her best friend—her summer sister—still has the power to break her heart.

    About Summer Sisters

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • “Summer Sisters is a book to return to again and again.”—Colleen Hoover

    “As warm as a summer breeze blowing through your hair, as nostalgic as James Taylor singing ‘How Sweet It Is.’ You remember. So does Judy Blume. How sweet it was.”—Chicago Tribune
     
    In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard’s 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 Martha’s Vineyard, an enchanting place where the two friends become “summer sisters.”
     
    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 go—because she wants to understand what happened during that last shattering summer. And, after all these years, she needs to know why her best friend—her summer sister—still has the power to break her heart.

    About Summer Sisters

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Summer Sisters is a book to return to again and again.”—Colleen Hoover

    “As warm as a summer breeze blowing through your hair, as nostalgic as James Taylor singing ‘How Sweet It Is.’ You remember. So does Judy Blume. How sweet it was.”—Chicago Tribune
     
    In the summer of 1977, Victoria Leonard’s 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 Martha’s Vineyard, an enchanting place where the two friends become “summer sisters.”
     
    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 go—because she wants to understand what happened during that last shattering summer. And, after all these years, she needs to know why her best friend—her summer sister—still has the power to break her heart.

    With a note read by the author, Judy Blume.

    Audiobook Cast of Narrators:
    Sophie Amoss as Vix
    MacLeod Andrews as Bru
    Cassandra Campbell as Abby
    Michael Crouch as Daniel
    Mark Deakins as Ed
    Ari Fliakos as Gus
    Dawn Harvey as Regina
    Rebecca Lowman as Tawny
    Saskia Maarleveld as Phoebe
    George Newbern as Lamb
    Everette Plen as Sharkey
    Kirsten Potter as Dorset
    Brittany Pressley as Paisley
    Xe Sands as Tricia
    Phoebe Strole as Maia

    Praise for Summer Sisters

    “Compulsively readable . . . [Blume’s] powers are prodigious.”—The New York Times Book Review
     
    “As warm as a summer breeze blowing through your hair, as nostalgic as James Taylor singing ‘How Sweet It Is.’ You remember. So does Judy Blume. How sweet it was.”—Chicago Tribune

    “An exceptionally moving story that can leave the reader laughing and crying . . . sometimes at the same time . . . Blume creates a rich tapestry of characters.”—The Denver Post
     
    “Blume’s characters still tend to hover after the book is set aside. . . . She catches perfectly the well-armored love between longtime female friends.”—The Seattle Times

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    About Judy Blume

    Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. She has spent her adult years in many places doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Adults as well… More about Judy Blume

    About Judy Blume

    Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. She has spent her adult years in many places doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Adults as well… More about Judy Blume

    About Judy Blume

    Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. She has spent her adult years in many places doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Adults as well… More about Judy Blume

    About Judy Blume

    Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. She has spent her adult years in many places doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Adults as well… More about Judy Blume

    Product Details

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Contemporary Romance

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Bantam
    May 27, 2003 | 432 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385337663

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Contemporary Romance

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Dell
    May 04, 1999 | 416 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780440226437

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Contemporary Romance

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Delta
    Dec 16, 2009 | 416 Pages | ISBN 9780307575241

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Contemporary Romance | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 14, 2021 | 558 Minutes | ISBN 9780593505700

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    Praise

    “Compulsively readable . . . [Blume’s] powers are prodigious.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “Summer Sisters is a book to return to again and again.”—Colleen Hoover

    “An exceptionally moving story that can leave the reader laughing and crying . . . sometimes at the same time . . . Blume creates a rich tapestry of characters.”—The Denver Post
     
    “Blume’s characters still tend to hover after the book is set aside. . . . She catches perfectly the well-armored love between longtime female friends.”—The Seattle Times

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