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Zusatztext “A fun and poignant coming-of-age story." — Entertainment Weekly “Readers of the other books won’t be disappointed.” — Booklist, Starred “A treat for anyone.” — Los Angeles Times “These are friends worth having.” — Chicago Tribune "Filled with conversations, action, & life." — Kliatt, Starred "The girls are once again wonderfully drawn, with all their realistic faults." — Publishers Weekly "The Pants set will bruise their fingertips on this page-turner." — The Bulletin, Recommended "Fast-paced, addictive reading." — Children's Literature "Four intersecting story lines, snappy dialogue, empathy for characters and humor make this installment as enjoyable as the others." — Kirkus Reviews Informationen zum Autor Ann Brashares is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, The Whole Thing Together , The Here and Now, 3 Willows, The Last Summer (of You & Me), and My Name Is Memory. She lives in New York City with her family. Visit Ann online at AnnBrashares.com and follow @AnnBrashares on Twitter. Klappentext The third novel in the wildly popular #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, from the author of The Whole Thing Together and The Here and Now. It's the summer before the sisterhood departs for college . . . their last real summer together before they head off to start their grown-up lives. It's the time when Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen need their Pants the most. Pants = love. Love your pals. Love yourself. "A fun and poignant coming-of-age story." -Entertainment Weekly "Readers of the other books won't be disappointed." -Booklist, Starred "A treat for anyone." -Los Angeles Times "These are friends worth having." -Chicago TribuneGranted, Tibby was in a mood. All she could see was change. All anybody talked about was change. She didn’t like Bee’s wearing heels for the second day in a row. She felt peevish about Lena’s getting three inches trimmed off her hair. Couldn’t everybody just leave everything alone for a few minutes? Tibby was a slow adjuster. In preschool, her teachers had said she had trouble with transitions. Tibby preferred looking backward for information rather than forward. As far as she was concerned, she’d take a nursery school report card over a fortune-teller any day of the week. It was the cheapest and best self-analysis around. Tibby saw Gilda’s through these same eyes. It was changing. Its glory days of the late nineteen eighties were far behind it. It was showing its age. The once-shiny wood floor was scratched and dull. One of the mirror panels was cracked. The mats looked as old as Tibby, and they’d been cleaned much less. Gilda’s was trying to get with the times, offering kickboxing and yoga, according to the big chalkboard, but it didn’t look to Tibby like that was helping much. What if it went out of business? What a horrible thought. Maybe Tibby should buy a subscription of classes here? No, that would be weird, wouldn’t it? “Tibby, you ready?” Lena was looking at her with concerned eyebrows. “What if Gilda’s closes?” Tibby opened her mouth, and that was what came out. Carmen, holding the Traveling Pants, Lena, lighting the candles, Bee, fussing with the dimmer switches near the door, all turned to her. “Look at this place.” Tibby gestured around. “I mean, who comes here?” Lena was puzzled. “I don’t know. Somebody. Women. Yoga people.” “Yoga people?” Carmen asked. “I don’t know,” Lena said again, laughing. Tibby was the one most capable of emotional detachment, but tonight it all lay right on the surface. Her irrational thoughts about Gilda’s made her feel desperate, like its demise could swallow up their whole existence—like...
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A fun and poignant coming-of-age story." Entertainment Weekly
Readers of the other books won t be disappointed. Booklist, Starred
A treat for anyone. Los Angeles Times
These are friends worth having. Chicago Tribune
"Filled with conversations, action, & life." Kliatt, Starred
"The girls are once again wonderfully drawn, with all their realistic faults." Publishers Weekly
"The Pants set will bruise their fingertips on this page-turner." The Bulletin, Recommended
"Fast-paced, addictive reading." Children's Literature
"Four intersecting story lines, snappy dialogue, empathy for characters and humor make this installment as enjoyable as the others." Kirkus Reviews
