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| Love and Peaches | 
 enlarge | Author: Jodi Lynn Anderson
Publisher: HarperTeen
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 9392
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 1
ISBN: 006073311X
EAN: 9780060733117
ASIN: 006073311X
Publication Date: November 1, 2008
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Product Description
After a not-quite-peachy year apart, three Georgia peaches come home to Darlington Orchard When Murphy chose New York City, she left her first love behind. Now, a summer in Bridgewater means trading subway trains for pickup trucks and facing the boy she turned her back on. Leeda expects her trip home to be over faster than her new Manhattan boyfriend can hail a cab—until a surprising inheritance saddles her with a huge responsibility. Birdie's heart led her all the way to Mexico, and heartbreak brings her back to the orchard. But when the Darlington family decides to leave peach trees for palm trees, Birdie gets a crash course in letting go—and learning when to hold on. Together for another juicy summer, carefree Murphy, perfect Leeda, and big-hearted Birdie return to the place that allowed them to bloom. Brimming with all the charm, humor, and heart of Peaches and The Secrets of Peaches, this satisfying conclusion to the series reunites three unlikely best friends for a final sweet farewell.
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just peachy! November 3, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you enjoyed the first 2 you will definitely love this one!
This was a great end to the Peaches series. I have enjoyed all 3 of the Peaches books and hated to see them end, but was very satisfied with the way it ended. There was some surprises and some things that I saw coming...my favorite was how Leeda's story was wrapped up...her finding herself. Murphy's story wrapped up with a happy surprise and offered a new side of her. Birdie's, while probably the saddest of the 3, still ended well. And I loved the new characters that were introduced and also the back-story on Leeda's gradmom.
Super book...I would recommend!!
A Sweet Ending November 20, 2008
When I first started reading these books, I'll admit I thought of them as Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants light. Now that I've reached the end, I've come to respect the trilogy for standing on its own two feet--or six feet, as the case may be.
The three girls brought together in Book One by a peach orchard are back: Murphy, a free spirit who can't admit to herself her own longings for stability; Birdie, whose love of the orchard first elevated her but now begins to get in her way; and wealthy, perfect Leeda, whose desire to please her high-pressure family has slowly begun to crack through her association with the other two girls.
In this book, each of the threesome continues to deal with love and yes, peaches. It sounds soap opera-ish to ask, Will Murphy go back to Rex? Who is her father? Will Birdie marry Enrico? Will Leeda keep pleasing her mother? But in Jodi Lynn Anderson's hands, these potentially hackneyed questions become something fresh and lovely. As a reader, it's easy to think you can predict the outcomes, but you will be wrong about a few, if not all, of them. It's nice to be surprised by a book.
Anderson also plays with some interesting ideas. Leeda sees her tendency to be uncertain as a failing: "Murphy says not having a niche is my niche," she explains apologetically. But the new, less-polished guy she meets while caring for her late grandmother's surprising bequest has this to say: "Maybe figuring it out is...I don't know, what it's all about. Constantly deciding. And you're true enough not to decide anything before you're ready, and you don't want to lock yourself into a box. Maybe it's the sure people who are missing out."
Murphy, for her part, gives a whole new meaning to fear of commitment. Truly--she makes you reenvision that fear as she thrashes about, trying to deal with what she does and does not know, feels and does not feel.
In fact, none of the girls are sure what they want in this book. I like how the author brings up the possibility that much of life may be about finding questions rather than answers.
Jodi Lynn Anderson's language is beautifully wrought, more so than that of most writers working in the field. She also weaves symbols gracefully through the book, from large images like the peach orchard to smaller images like kissing chickens.
Which reminds me: moments of humor mixed with tenderness further enrich the story. My favorite line is about Miss Piggy, though the white pants are a close second.
It's difficult for writers to convey life lessons without being offputting or didactic, but the characters in Love and Peaches are so real, yet unexpected, that you may just feel like you're growing right along with Birdie, Murphy, and Leeda. Ripening like a perfect peach.
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