Review
It's been seven years since
The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants hit the book
shelves and became an almost immediate hit with teen
girls - with more than 7 million copies of the first
three books in print in
North America alone.
Brashares says that
Forever in Blue, the
fourth book following
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,
Second Summer of the Sisterhood and
Girls in Pants, will
be the last in the series, ending with a plot
twist ensuring that it cannot be revived (although
she reassures her fans that "it's not like I kill
off any of the characters").
Once again Lena, Carmen, Bridget and Tibby go their
separate ways, held...
Beyond the Book
Ann Brashares grew up in
Chevy Chase, Maryland with her
three brothers and attended a
Quaker school in the DC 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
years. Ann made the transition
from...
