A very heart-warming and delightful coming of age story and a coming of age of women in sports.
“Risk: The Wings of Sisterhood” is a moving story about two girls who stand on opposite sides of the personality spectrum and yet found a way to become true friends.
“The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame. —Charles Caleb Colton.”
Imagine never taking risks… Julie Pastel never dates and views the romantic world through books and movies. She never takes risks. That changes when she arrives at college. Enter her roommate outspoken, outgoing, and outrageous, Burkie Vivid, who knows how to meet boys. Burkie has a plan to introduce Julie to the world of dating. The reluctant Julie agrees. The dating plan is short lived when they become pawns in a power struggle to remove the College President, and they are suspended for ten days. After returning home, Burkie uncovers a sixty year old mystery about her aunt and her friend fighting over a guy they met on a road trip that followed Route 66. The mystery is who got the guy? The roommates find themselves driving Route 66 too. Emotions heat up between Burkie and Julie as they also clash over a guy.
Julie and Burkie are loveable and sympathetic … enjoy the thrilling roller coaster ride known as college in this coming of age journey. Fans of women’s fiction with heart will love this work.
