Summer Sisters
A Novel by Judy Blume, that explores the lives of two girls over a period of 18 years, as they cross each milestone in their lives. I just finished reading it yesterday night, after having read it for nearly a month. There were days when I would complete a novel in a day or two and here are times when I get to read probably half a page in two days... Life indeed changes a lot, as portrayed by this novel itself. Just on the border of giving sufficient detail but not over-exaggerating is the narration pace of this beautiful life story. It is a story about two girls, Victoria and Cassy, who influence each other in every piece of their lives, unknowingly; from the moment they become “Summer Sisters” at the tender age of 12. It all begins when the rich and spoilt brat, but the cynosure of all eyes in the not-so-well-known school of Sante Fe, Cassy invites the plain and ordinary next door girl, Victoria to spend the summer with her in her Father’s place at “The Vineyard...