![]() ![]() The lover of old-fashioned fiction in me is quite content for having finally read this old-fashioned but relevant tale. Still, the humor had me laughing, the lightness was delightful, and I could absolutely empathize with Barbara on various levels. ![]() Instead, in reading it for the first time now, a good deal of it felt pretty slow, and, well, ordinary. I can see how I might've found the read more thrilling back when I was still looking forward to being sixteen, and rereading it now would've had that added dash of nostalgia. This novel is mainly about wedding preparations and what Barbara learns and observes during the experience, especially what she learns about herself. The bits of Barbara's pre-adventures with love are mostly on the fringes of the story here and there, and they follow something of a Jean and Johnny and The Luckiest Girl pattern. ![]() But she may have a thing or two to learn before the coming ceremony is over in Sister of the Bride, a novel by author Beverly Cleary.Īlthough it's the fourth book in the First Love series, I wouldn't at all call this book a romance. At first, Barbara isnt sure how she feels about her older sister getting married. Show More and all the wedding and newlywed business has got Barbara's sixteen-year-old mind whirling in a poetic daydream. ![]()
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