shepherdmom

 WOW! This is a great book! It does have a couple of adult situations but probably no worse than you see in primetime TV. I think this book is ok for an older teen. It is a great book and very hard to put down; one of those books that catches your attention right at the beginning and keeps it all the way to the last page!

Story starts out with 2 girls meeting when they are 12 years old. Vic is from a family that struggles financially, and their main focus is her handicap brother, which causes a lot of stress for a whole family that lives day to day. Caitlin is from a rich, eccentric family but her mom and dad are divorced, she lives with her mom and her brother, Sharkey, lives with their dad. Caitlin only sees her dad during the summer and this is where it all begins. She invites Vic to come to her dad’s place on Martha’s Vineyard for the summer. They continue to do this every summer, becoming “Summer Sisters”. You watch their lives develop, as they grow from girls to women. Their lives go take different directions, one wants to live in the city and the other wants to travel the world; but their bond is always there.

These summers removed Vic from a hard life at home and change her life forever. Doors open for her that would have never been possible if Caitlin had not asked her to be her friend in 1977.  But it’s not without challenges and hardships along the way.

The whole book is full of ups and downs, laughs and tears, betrayal and forgiveness. Even years later when both have moved on with their own lives Caitlin still has the power to get what she wants at all cost. Judy Blume did a great job writing this book and look forward to some of her others.

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