

Brashares's literary response will satisfy readers longing for 'just one more' story about their favorite fictional friends." "Brashares expertly taps into the difficulties of carrying childhood friendship into the trials of adulthood." -Library Journal "Touching. "A deftly told narrative of finding one's adult self."- Entertainment Weekly " Brashares nimbly ages her characters, nicely capturing late- twentysomething concerns about marriage, motherhood, and careers as well as love's enduring power."- Booklist Join the Circle for author chats and more. And indeed, it will change their lives forever-but in ways that none of them could ever have expected.

Then Tibby reaches out to bridge the distance, sending the others plane tickets for a reunion that they all breathlessly await. Bridget lives with her longtime boyfriend, Eric, in San Francisco, and though a part of her wants to settle down, a bigger part can't seem to shed her old restlessness. Lena finds solace in her art, teaching in Rhode Island, but still thinks of Kostos and the road she didn't take. Carmen is a successful actress in New York, engaged to be married, but misses her friends.

Yet despite having jobs and men that they love, each knows that something is missing: the closeness that once sustained them. Ten years later, the story continues On the cusp of turning thirty, Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget are now living separate lives, out on their own. About the Book In the fifth installment in the blockbuster Sisterhood series by "New York Times"-bestselling author Brashares, the four best friends Carmen, Tibby, Bridget, and Lena, now in their late 20s, try to find their way in the world as young adults.
