Friday, October 4, 2013

All the Summer Girls by Meg Donohue

4/5

This is the story about three friends since childhood, Kate, Vanessa and Dani, who are now in their late twenties realizing that none of their lives went the way they wanted them to. Kate is dumped by her fiance right after she discovers she's pregnant. She's a successful lawyer but always wanted to be loved. Vanessa was more practical. She wanted to be an art studio owner. She ended up a stay-at-home mom. Dani also wanted the creative field. She wanted to be an author. She ended up unemployed, using drugs, drinking, and never finishing a story. These friends have drifted apart but they plan on reuniting for a summer on the beach where their most traumatic childhood event happened. Kate had a twin brother who died on the beach. All of the girls blamed themselves. They all find themselves needing to face their past in order to deal with their future.