I picked up my first Viola Shipman book because it was about Michigan. I grew up there and have fond memories of spending summers at Lake Michigan. Now after reading all of his books, I can tell you without a doubt that he is a fantastic writer who always tells a story that will tug at your heart and leave you feeling good about life. He is one of those few authors whose books I will buy without even knowing what the book is about because I KNOW that it will be fantastic.

The Clover Girls has dual timeline from the summer of 1985 and the summer of 2021. Elizabeth, Veronica, Rachel and Emily met at Camp Birchwood in 1985 and the four summer that they were at camp - they were The Clover Girls and they were inseparable. Their motto was Friends For-EVER and they were trendsetters at the camp and later as camp counselors. Their last summer pulled them apart and they haven't talked to each other for years. They are all in their 40s now and wondering where their lives have gone when they each get a letter from Emily. She asks her old best friends to go to Camp Birchwood together one more time to see if they can regain the love and trust that they had in each other when they were younger. Will they be able to reconnect over their past or have they all changed so much and held so many grudges against each other that they will be unable to become friends again?

I LOVED this book. It made me laugh and it made me cry. Most importantly it brought back long forgotten memories of spending long summer days with my friends when I was a kid. The clover girls are so well written that they felt like friends from my past. Not only is this a book about friendship but it's also a book about how women look at themselves and how important it is to gain back the power that they once had. This is going be THE book of the summer of 2021. You don't want to miss it!