Chic lit through and through...old college chums of a certain age going on a reunion cruise on an old-style river boat, renewing old friendships,new adventures, walking down memory lane...it is a good one.

Rich and delicious....the story of four women....years ago, they were girls, not women---the last generation of American females to be called "girls"---who traveled down the Mississippi River...on a makeshift raft while they were on summer vacation...There were twelve of them on that rip; now there are these four, brought together by tragedy. One of their classmates...has died in an automobile wreck (was it really an accident?), and her husband has asked the old friends to re-create the river journey and scatter her ashes at the mouth of the Mississippi...It's a reunion of classmates with all of the in-between revealed in intimate detail, as only a skilled and classy storyteller can do it.

I loved this book. College friends meeting up years later to drop another roommates ashes off a steam boat. A trip that they had made when they were all in college. Love the characters. Great read

This is a great read. Nice oral history about a group of girls coming of age.

About four women who meet up as a sort of reunion and sail down the Mississippi River. Personally I did not care for this book. The characters were very cliched, and the main woman was sort of depressing in my opinion. This book was recommended to me by my mom so maybe it fits her age group better than mine (early 20's) when I read it.

In the brisk and readable The Last Girls, acclaimed Southern writer Lee Smith reunites four college suitemates on a boat tour of the mighty Mississippi. Thirty-five years before, inspired by reading Twain's Huckleberry Finn in class (a detail not nearly revisited enough), the women floated down the same river on a manmade raft; now they are gathered at the request of their recently deceased ringleader's husband. The story unfolds through the eyes of each woman as the old friends weave college memories with their own dramas spanning the three decades since graduation. Harriet, Courtney, Catherine, and Anna come through muddily compared to their dead friend Baby. Even in death, Baby, a Sylvia Plath-like creature with voracious appetites for poetry, self-mutilation, and sex, nearly overwhelms her more reticent friends with past behaviors better suited to a mental institution than a dorm room. As the tour boat bobs along in the wake of these women's emotional crises, Smith offers up the contemporary female life experience, fivefold. At its heart, this is a book about how we never quite outgrow the past, even after plenty of chances to do otherwise.

This book was "OK". I enjoyed getting to know the characters, which I thought were a little odd, but it sort of left me wanting to know more, as if something was missing. Not one of my most favorite reads, but it's an interesting story of old friends looking back at the past, and we see how their lives turned out after many years.

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This book was selected for one of our book club reads. Normally I would this book was not the best for me and my reading type, however for a book club read I think it was a success. We enjoyed breaking down the characters and discussing plot. Overall I'm glad we picked this.

A great beach read! Girlfriends, you'll enjoy.

I just couldn't get into this book although it was supposed to be good... o well...kinda slow at first...just didn't grab my attention maybe it will grab yours!?

A story of 4 women reliving their adventure of rafting down the Mississippi River when they were in college. It's a reunion of classmates with all the in-between revealed in intimate detail that have evolved over the years.

NY Times Best Seller - very engaging novel.

It's like going to your reunion - only with better people on a fabulous adventure

Good book that develops characters from college to present life. The Last Girls is a term used from children of the 50's...they'd be called women now.

interesting read---

I really loved this book!I very worthwhile read!

Four women travel down the Mississippi River on a journey of rememberance of friendships long ago. I enjoyed this book for the honesty insight it gives into life and relationships. Really a good read.

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