Sister of the Bride
by Beverly Cleary
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Author: Beverly ClearyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-10-01
ISBN: 0380728079
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Book Review: Will charm the socks off you!
Summary: 5 Stars
Sixteen-year-old Barbara MacLane is a junior in high school, and believes that it is time for her to have a boyfriend. A boy who calls on her for weekend dates to the movies and the bowling alley. Who walks her home from school, and chats with her parents. After all, her older sister, Rosemary, had already had a slew of boyfriends by the time she was Barbara's age, and it's just not fair. Sure there's Tootie, but Barbara can't see herself falling for the six-foot-four boy who follows her around like a puppy, and refuses to take everyone's advice to be a basketball player. Barbara wants something cool and sophisticated, not to mention handsome. And that's exactly what she gets when she encounters Bill Cunningham. Bill is a senior, and a handsome one at that. He rides a vespa all over town, and after giving Barbara a ride home one rainy day, begins stopping by her house at all different times to share Snickerdoodles and milk on the porch. However, all of Barbara's self-centered fantasies and notions of a boyfriend of her own are thrown out the window when Rosemary arrives home from college with some big news: she's getting married! Rosemary is a mere two years older than Barbara, and she's already planning on exchanging wedding vows. Suddenly, Barbara is obsessed with the wedding. After all, in just two years, she too, will be saying "I do" and should get a head start on all things that scream wedding. However, her parents don't feel quite the same way as she does. They regard Rosemary's wedding to be a mistake, and claim that she is too young, but must succumb to wedding planning when Rosemary insists on going through with the impromptu nuptials. While everyone in the family begins making lists, baking foods, sewing dresses, and booking chapels, Barbara's younger brother, Gordy, however, spends all of his time playing folk music, eating the family out of house and home, and getting underfoot. All Barbara can think of, on the other hand, is meeting a handsome groomsman at the wedding, and falling head over heels in love. But with each passing day, as Rosemary matures a bit more, Barbara begins to question whether she is truly ready for a wedding of her own, or if she would prefer to play the field a bit with a variety of boys, before settling down for eternity.
As with FIFTEEN, JEAN AND JOHNNY, and THE LUCKIEST GIRL, Beverly Cleary has, once again, penned a substantial novel that captures the nostalgia and innocence of a time when girls wed at very young ages, women spent hours in the kitchen, evenings were filled with newspaper-reading and watching TV, and romance was dominated by sweet-tooths and shy kisses. SISTER OF THE BRIDE, while featuring many chapters about the preparations of Rosemary's wedding, is still, predominantly about Barbara and her quest for romance in a time when girls met boys in the school hallways, and rarely had the ability to interact with males on a personal level at any other time - save for receptions, get-togethers, and parties. Barbara is a wonderful character, whose insecurities about everything from her pudgy waistline to her inability to find a boy who truly tickles her fancy is charming; while her oft-times awkward interactions with boys and adults, alike, is easy to identify with even for girls of today's day and age. Her ability to see-through the motives of many of the minor characters, from the bossy groom's mother, even to the handsome Bill Cunningham is remarkable; while her confidence in standing up for herself is truly an inspiration. From page one Barbara's bubbly personality sucks you in, and refuses to release you until the last page is turned. Will charm the socks off you!
Erika Sorocco
Freelance Reviewer
Summary of Sister of the Bride
Barbara can hardly believe her older sister is getting married. With all the excitement of wedding plans going on, Barbara can't help dreaming of the day she will be the bride. She can't wait to fall in love.
But as the big day gets closer, wedding planning often turns into family arguments. Even the bride and groom are bickering over details, and Barbara's fun-loving sister is turning into a very practical, grown-up person. Weddings are fun, but all this serious stuff is scary enough to make Barbara think she's not going to be rushing into a serious romance any time soon.
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