If you are tracking Blume's bibliography of adult fiction, the third entry is the widely acclaimed Summer Sisters . Published in 1998, it followed (1978) and Smart Woman
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If you are an author searching for the rhythm of the third book in a YA contemporary series, here is Blume’s unspoken formula: If you are tracking Blume's bibliography of adult