Four best friends — Lena, Tess, Bridget, and Justin's ex-girlfriend Cleo — reunite for one last summer together as they navigate relationships, a broken engagement, and the aftermath of an abusive relationship. The story concludes the Sisterhood saga with each woman confronting her own past while moving toward an uncertain future.
Ann Brashares grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with three brothers and attended a Quaker school in the D.C. area called Sidwell Friends. She studied Philosophy at Barnard College, part of Columbia University in New York City. Expecting to continue studying philosophy in graduate school, Ann took a year off after college to work as an editor, hoping to save money for school. Loving her job, she never went to graduate school, and instead, remained in New York City and worked as an editor for many...