"Tibby, who was not fond of change, had once told Bridget that the present, no matter what it brought, couldn't change the past. The past was set and sealed."
Ann Brashares is an American novelist best known for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series for young adult readers. She has also written novels for adults, including The Last Summer (of You and Me). Her fiction has been adapted for film and has reached an international readership.