How important is love? Does it ever come before family? In the book The Summer I Turned Pretty, Belly has to choose what's more important to her, Conrad, the guy that she has always had feelings for, or he family who has always been there. She needs to decide whether she is going to be there for her mother, or chase after Conrad for her last chance.
Susannah and Belly have always been extremely close ever since she was a little girl. Towards the end of the book, knowing that she might never see Susannah and her boys again throughout this hard time in their life will be difficult. Since they are leaving the summer house, to most likely never come again visits will be limited to see each other, but not only time with Susannah, time with Conrad too will be limited. When Conrad had been the most vulnerable, Belly and him shared a kiss and they had a connection now, but she didn't know if she would see him again. She was left wondering if they would take it any further than just a kiss, and maybe date.
Belly's mother was having a hard time coping with her best friend Susannah's divorce. Belly could tell that her mother's hurt was deeper than she'd been showing. She acted like nothing was wrong, and that she was fine, but it was obvious that she was so emotionally drained. Her best friend had breast cancer again, and it came to the point where the cancer was going to be hard to fight. Belly needed to be there for her mother, but she couldn't stop thinking about Conrad and seeing him. Would she have to leave her mother to see Conrad one more time to explore the possibilities that there could something more?
Everything was questionable at this point. She wasn't sure how her mother was going to be day to day, or how Susannah was dealing with the pain. She hadn't a clue where her relationship with Conrad was going, but it felt to her as if it wasn't going anywhere fast. At this point she has to focus on her family and getting through the next year as best as she can.
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