Summer Sisters

 Judy Blume is the author of Summer Sisters, a fiction novel about the friendship of Caitlin and Victoria (nicknamed Vix). Caitlin comes from a wealthy family whose parents have divorced. She lives with her mother in New Mexico. Her brother lives with her father on the east coast. Every summer Caitlin travels to Martha's Vineyard to spend the summer at the beach house with her father and brother. Caitlin invites Vix to accompany her for the summer. Vix comes from a working class family. She is the eldest of four. Her youngest brother, Nathan, has muscular dystrophy. Nathan and Vix are very close. The story starts out when the girls are about 12 years old in the 1970's. The story of their friendship continues through high school, college up until their mid 30's. I enjoyed reading about how this female friendship continued over many years.