NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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. 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. Praise for Summer Sisters Compulsively readable . . . Blumes 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 Blumes characters still tend to hover after the book is set aside. . . . She catches perfectly the wellarmored love between longtime female friends.The Seattle Times show more