Sisterhood Everlasting
by Ann Brashares
Goodreads summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Brashares comes the welcome return of the characters whose friendship became a touchstone for a generation. Now Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget have grown up, starting their lives on their own. And though the jeans they shared are long gone, the sisterhood is everlasting.
Despite having jobs and men that they love, each knows that something is missing: the closeness that once sustained them. Carmen is a successful actress in New York, engaged to be married, but misses her friends. Lena finds solace in her art, teaching in Rhode Island, but still thinks of Kostos and the road she didn’t take. Bridget lives with her longtime boyfriend, Eric, in San Francisco, and though a part of her wants to settle down, a bigger part can’t seem to shed her old restlessness.
Then Tibby reaches out to bridge the distance, sending the others plane tickets for a reunion that they all breathlessly await. And indeed, it will change their lives forever—but in ways that none of them could ever have expected.
As moving and life-changing as an encounter with long-lost best friends, Sisterhood Everlasting is a powerful story about growing up, losing your way, and finding the courage to create a new one.
What I liked: The gang has grown-up, but their characters remain true to the people that Brashares created way back in book 1. Their problems are both new and old, but it fits with the storyline that we’re already familiar with. The story sucks you in with Brashares’s old style and while I was busy sobbing, I still loved every second of it.
What I didn’t like: How much I cried. Story-wise there was a lot that was downright depressing, but it was the basis for a great deal of the story, so it was necessary.
So, do I rec it? Yes. Yes, yes YES. If you cared anything at all for Carmen, Tibby, Bee, and Lena, read this book. Hell, even if you didn’t read the other Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books, read this book. It’s a story of love, loss, enduring friendships, and coping– with life and all of the curveballs it can throw at you. Read it with a box of tissues close at hand because it’s a tear-jerker. I Couldn’t Put it Down.
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