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Judy Blume

Summer Sisters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

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Part 3: “We Are the World (1983-1987)”

Part 3, Chapter 26 Summary

At Harvard, Vix calls herself Victoria and feels that every person knows more than her. She shares a room with Maia, who annoys Vix by biting her fingernails and talking too much. Maia thinks Vix is too quiet and refers to Vix as a “creature.” A picture of Caitlin intrigues Maia, and she asks about NBO, but Vix is elusive.

Caitlin calls in the middle of the night: She’s in Rome. Vix likes having independence from Caitlin, but she misses her. Caitlin claims she’s learning to “manage” her money.

Lanie has her baby, and Maia calls her a statistic. Bru visits, but Vix is sick, and they quarrel about Harvard. Bru sends her vitamins from Vineyard Health; there’s a note from the owner, Star.

Part 3, Chapter 27 Summary

Maia and Vix discuss sex with Paisley (who’s from the South) and Paisley’s roommate Debra (who’s from Korea), and Paisley suggests finding a “warm body” for the winter. Maia finds a guy in her justice class, and Debra and Paisley show her a how-to tape. After Maia has sex with the guy, she reports: It’s “wildly funny.” Sometimes, Vix wishes she could flirt with someone. Caitlin calls at four o’clock in the morning from Paris to say that she had an “affair” with a woman like Vix.

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