The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
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Brashares returns to the beloved characters she brought to life in her first novel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, for a new installment that's equally authentic and engaging.
With a bit of last summer's sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the Sisterhood that wears them embark on their 16th summer.
With a bit of last summer's sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the Sisterhood that wears them embark on their second summer together.
Bridget: Impulsively sets off for Alabama, wanting to both confront and avoid her demons... but she can't keep the truth from the Pants.
Carmen: Is concerned that her mother is making a fool of herself over a man. When she discovers that her mom borrowed the Pants to wear on a date, she's certain of it.
Tibby: Makes a movie she'd like to be proud of... while the Pants keep alive the memory of a friend who could see beyond appearances.
Lena: Has spent months hiding from love... only to find that she's at last ready to put on the Pants and let them lead her where they will.
Bridget: Impulsively sets off for Alabama, wanting to both confront her demons about her family and avoid them all at once.
Lena: Spends a blissful week with Kostos, making the unexplainable silence that follows his visit even more painful.
Carmen: Is concerned that her mother is making a fool of herself over a man. When she discovers that her mother borrowed the Pants to wear on a date, she's certain of it.
Tibby: Not about to spend another summer working at Wallman's, she takes a film course only to find it's what happens off-camera that teaches her the mos
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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Ann Brashares.
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Are teenage girls really capable of the
self-examination the main characters in
this book display? All four girls are
able to work out problems using very
sophisticated techniques that I'd assumed
most people would know only after years
and years of work in therapy. I truly
hope there are such enlightened sixteen
year old girls out there and that they
meet up with my rather unenlightened
but devilishly handsome teenage sons.
A gentle book, better than the original, imo.
I really enjoyed this book. This story follows the 4 girls who have been best friends since they were born through another summer. They were all going to be home this summer except for Tibby who was taking a summer college class in film development. At the last minute, Bridget found a stack of letters from her grandmother that her dad never showed her or her brother. She wanted to know more about her family so she decided to go to Alabama. She looked a lot different with her blond hair dyed brown so she rented a room there, picked a phony name and started doing odd jobs for her grandmother while slowly learning about her mother and her grandparents. The girls continued to send the pants to each other with letters to continue the tradition they started the year before. Each of the girls had their own challenges to overcome but they all had the support of their Sisters and the “magic” of the pants to help them find the courage to do what they needed to do. One young heart was broken in pieces but she wasn't alone, not for a minute.
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