I liked her caring relationship with her parents and I liked her delight in spending time with her grandparents. I had a little more sympathy when she was thinking about the fight she had with her former best friend Fiona which sent her looking for new friends. I had a hard time empathizing with Carrie's obsession with some friends who didn't seem very nice or very kind. But the tensions grow between the girls and they spend a lot of the trip not talking. When the girls can forget about their other worries, they do have fun touring Hearst Castle, going to an amusement park, and doing other touristy things. What if her mother has cancer and is going to die? She is trying very hard to hide her fears from her grandparents and pretend that she is having a great time on their trip. She has been having lots of headaches and Lana is certain that her parents are keeping something from her. Lana is trying to have fun but she is also very worried about her mother. Carrie is too busy trying to keep in touch with her new group of friends. Carrie isn't interested in being friends. Lana thought that they had a chance to become good friends and was looking forward to the trip. They met for the first time at their grandparents' wedding. The two are thrown together on a road trip with their honeymooning grandparents. This is a story told in alternate chapters by Lana and Carrie.
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