The Clover Girls
Book Feature - The Clover Girls by Viola Shipman
HBL Note: THE CLOVER GIRLS by Viola Shipman, a New York Times bestselling author, is the perfect novel to share with your best friend, that person you know more about than anyone else. Reminiscent of Firefly Lane or Sweet Magnolias, THE CLOVER GIRLS was inspired by the loss of the author’s childhood friend and her father-in-law, both of which caused her to pause and think about the fragility of life. This is a comforting, joyful, and uplifting “love story about friendship.” Scroll down to read more.
Book Feature - The Clover Girls by Viola Shipman
From the publisher:
THE CLOVER GIRLS is a moving novel about three childhood friends, now entering middle-age, who are brought together again at their old summer camp in the wake of tragedy. While the reason for their reunion is steeped in loss, they soon find it’s perhaps just what they needed to rediscover long-forgotten dreams.
Elizabeth, Veronica, Rachel and Emily met at Camp Birchwood as girls in 1985, where they called themselves The Clover Girls (after their cabin name). The years following that magical summer pulled them in very different directions and, now approaching middle age, the women are facing new challenges: the inevitable physical changes that come with aging, feeling invisible to society, disinterested husbands, surly teens, and losing their sense of self.
Then, Elizabeth, Veronica and Rachel each receive a letter from Emily – she has cancer and, knowing it’s terminal, reaches out to the girls who were her best friends once upon a time and implores them to reunite at Camp Birchwood to scatter her ashes—and where another unexpected surprise awaits them.
