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Summer Sisters is a coming-of-age novel about two friends, Caitlin Somers and Victoria "Vix" Leonard, who spend every summer together as teenagers. The girls are polar opposites, Caitlin being beautiful, lively and popular while Vix is a shy but intellectual wallflower.
Although Ever is thankful for Sabine taking her in, she often feels like she took away Sabine's freedom. The book describes her profession as an attorney. She is mostly out of house, busy in her work and earns great money. Riley Bloom: Ever's 12-year-old little sister who died in the car accident. Ever is frequently visited by Riley's ghost who ...
[2] [better source needed] "Riley, who appeared in ghost form to her older sister, Ever, in Noël’s bestselling Evermore, takes center stage in this middle-grade spinoff, first in a planned [clarification needed] series. . . . her wit, attitude, and maturation should have readers gladly following her into the second installment."—
The book's title is taken from a saying by one of the characters, Iskander the Potter, "Man is a bird without wings, and a bird is a man without sorrows." The book includes a vivid and detailed description of the horrors of life in the trenches during World War I.
The author "completes" his precursor's work, retaining its terms but meaning them in a new sense, "as though the precursor had failed to go far enough". The word tessera refers to a fragment that, together with other fragments, reconstitutes the whole; Bloom is referring to ancient mystery cults, who would use tessera as tokens of recognition. [3]
The quote about why she chose to be a prosecutor, despite racism in the criminal justice system. “I knew quite well that equal justice was an aspiration. I knew that the force of the law was ...
For The Sydney Morning Herald, Jessie Tu praised the book's fresh perspective on war storytelling, and said that "Wilkinson's evocative language shapes the novel into one of suspense, intrigue and conspiracy". [3] Kim Reardon of Coast Community News said it is "a wonderful book with strong characters". [2]
Later that month, Bloom posted a photo of a holiday card that included Perry's name; the name of Bloom's son, Flynn; and the names of all their pets. The couple also announced their pledge to ...