The Last Summer (of You and Me) (Paperback)

by Ann Brashares (Author) "For the 3:55, she put Vaseline on her lips and brushed her hair..." (more)
Key Phrases: main walk, lifeguard chair, The Last Summer, Ann Bra, Fire Island (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review
“A vivid elegy for youth...Brashares is wise as well as sentimental. She sagely remembers just how it feels to be young, lost, and in love. The Last Summer (of You and Me) is a weeper: If you don’t grow misty there’s something a bit shifty about the state of your heart.”
—The Miami Herald

“Natural, insightful, and affecting. A-.”
—Entertainment Weekly

“Get out your handkerchiefs. A perfect summer novel.”
—The Vancouver Sun

“The Last Summer is as much a treatise on loyalty and letting go of childish ways as it is on a summer of love.”
—USA Today

“An unputdownable beach book calls for love, deceit, and sex. And The Last Summer (of You and Me)...has all those elements.”
—Cosmopolitan

“Would do nicely under a beach umbrella.”
—The New York Times

“Compelling...steeped in the familiar longings for lost time that readers seeking the carefree pleasure of a summer will enjoy.”
—Kim Edwards, The Washington Post

“Ann Brashares’s new book will delight all of her Traveling Pants fans—now grown-up and ready for this very adult novel of love, loss and the beauty of intense family bonds.”
—Anita Shreve, New York Times bestselling author of The Pilot’s Wife and A Wedding in December

“Funny, deep and true, this one will keep you reading long after the sun has gone down.”
—Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of Big Stone Gap and Lucia, Lucia

Product Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants comes “a glorious novel of unrequited love, longing and the meaning of friendship.”( Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of Big Stone Gap and Lucia, Lucia

Riley and Alice, two sisters now in their twenties, and as fiercely different as they are loyal, have spent every summer at their parents’ modest beach house on New York’s Fire Island. Each year, they return to the house and community they have known since they were children—and to Paul, the boy next door. But this summer marks a season of change: budding love and sexual interest, an illness, and a deep secret force all three to confront the increasing complexities of their lives and friendships.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Riverhead Trade (May 6, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594483086
• ISBN-13: 978-1594483080
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #30,166 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good light summer reading, August 9, 2008

By	Mama in MA - See all my reviews

I bought this book for a summer read for a beach vacation. It was a bit hard to get into but about 1/3 of the way in, I was hooked. I read just for personal pleasure and an escape so had no big expectations. I had not read any of the other reviews before reading and was frankly surprised by all the negative ones. I would recommend this book.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Book, May 14, 2008

A Kid's Review

In this book, sisters Riley and Alice are going to their summer home on Fire Island, where they have gone every summer since they were kids. Their friend Paul is going to be there too, whom Riley and Alice haven't seen in quite a few years since he didn't come to Fire Island in the last three summers. So many things happen to the three friends in that one summer. A romance between two of them happened (I won't say who), a illness overcomes one of them (I still won't say who) and secrets are uncovered regarding them. Deep secrets. This book was wonderful and I loved it. Although, it was made for adults, I read it anyway, since I love Ann Brashare's books! Although it was a little sexual, I loved it all the same. I suggest this book to anyone, even kids, if your parents will allow you to. That's how good it is. So, go read the book!!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Summer (of you and me) is one of the best books of the summer!, September 2, 2008

A Kid's Review

This book is great. This story is perfect for reading by the beach or sitting outside on a cool summer evening. I loved this book! The Last Summer ( of you and me) is on my list for best books of summer. And even if summer is now over you can still enjoy the romance and the sister bonding. The ending will put a smile on your face and make you happy for days. This book made me tear up a little. Not just because it was sad but I was happy also. It was a little predictable at times but Ann Brashares is a brilliant writer anyways. And I think that predecting the end helps you understand the book better. The Last Summer( of you and me) is full of sister bonding, tragedy, and that silly little thing called love.