Sisterhood Everlasting
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| Author | Ann Brashares |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants |
| Genre | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press |
Publication date | June 14, 2011 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 384[1] |
| ISBN | 978-0385521239 |
| Preceded by | Forever in Blue |
Sisterhood Everlasting is the fifth and last novel in Ann Brashares's "Sisterhood" series. The story concludes the adventures of four girls who share a pair of "magical" pants that fit each one of them perfectly, despite their vastly different shapes and sizes. This is the fifth book in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series.
Plot summary
[edit]Tibby Rollins
[edit]Ten years following the last sisterhood book, Tibby has moved to Australia with Brian and now has almost no contact with the three other girls. Soon after moving to Australia, Tibby learns that she is pregnant and is also diagnosed with Huntington's disease, though she hides this from her friends. Nearly two years after giving birth to her daughter, Bailey, she calls her friends together for one last trip to Greece. Disaster strikes when she suddenly dies in a swimming accident while in Greece, devastating Lena, Bridget, and Carmen. They believe that she has killed herself and begin to question everything that they believe in.
It is revealed through the novel that Tibby was suffering from Huntington's disease and aware that she was going to die, even though her death by drowning was an accident. When she invited the girls to Greece, she intended to share her diagnosis and give them letters to help them move on. Her final gift to Lena, Carmen, and Bridget is willing them to move on and follow their hearts because life is too short to waste.
Lena Kaligaris
[edit]Ten years into the future, Lena is an art teacher at the Rhode Island School of Design, casually dating a sandwich maker named Drew, and still obsessing over Kostos. Lena goes back to Greece for a reunion with her friends and after Tibby's death, she asks Kostos for help. As they talk, they rekindle a friendship. They start writing to each other again, and after Lena realizes that she's not afraid of Kostos's love, they eventually end up together at the end of the book.
Bridget Vreeland
[edit]Ten years following the last sisterhood book, Bridget now lives in San Francisco with her longtime boyfriend, Eric. She wants to settle down with him and get married, but a part of her is restless. When the "sisters" go to Greece and Tibby dies unexpectedly, Bridget leaves Eric, and soon after finds out she is pregnant with his child. Despite this, she knows she needs to go to Australia where Tibby had been living with Brian to try to piece together what exactly happened to Tibby. Bridget goes to the home where Brian and Tibby lived, and Bridget learns Tibby had a daughter named Bailey before she died. Bridget and Bailey form a very close bond, and though Bridget initially wants to terminate her pregnancy, she decides not to after meeting Bailey. On April 2, when all the sisters are due to reunite in the country home Tibby bought for all of them, Bridget reunites with Eric and they move into the icehouse.
Carmen Lowell
[edit]Carmen is a semi-successful actress in New York who is engaged to an occasionally pretentious man her friends dislike. She is now obsessed with her work and worries about her wedding and her busy schedule. On her long trip to an audition, she meets a man named Roberto Moyo who is traveling with his two young children. Carmen befriends Roberto and is struck by his sad story, and also grows very fond of his kids. At the end of the book, Carmen breaks off her engagement. She is the only one of her friends who is not romantically involved with anyone, but she is very satisfied with her life.
References
[edit]- ^ Brashares, Ann (2012). Sisterhood Everlasting. ISBN 978-0385521239.
