title: Gia & the Blast from the Past
author: Doughty, Becky
description: When Gia comes face to face with a past she didn't know she had, will she trust in a future she can't control? MEET GIA GUSTAFSON Gia, the youngest Gustafson girl, is officially coming of age...but now what? She feels like she's standing still while everything and everyone around her is moving at lightning speed. Her best friend, Ricky Zander, is acting like a stranger, her grandparents have grown old overnight, and her older sisters have all found their happily-ever-afters. Because life isn't confusing enough, the gorgeous new guy at work is doing his best to sweep Gia off her feet, and Ricky is none too happy about it. So when a stranger she'd recognize anywhere shows up unannounced on her doorstep, Gia isn't so sure she's ready to grow up after all. MEET THE GUSTAFSON GIRLS Orphaned by a drunk driver, it’s the G-FOURce—the Gustafson Four club—that unites the sisters when their differences would tear them apart. All grown now, Juliette has become the quintessential doormat, Renata, the self-appointed matriarchal figure. Phoebe is, according to Ren, borderline narcissistic, and Gia is on the verge of a major identity crisis. Then there’s Angela Clinton, the senior class darling who plowed her cherry 1970 el Camino into the Gustafons' car that fateful night. She's up for parole and word is she's moving back to town. Is the G-FOURce strong enough to keep the sisters together as they step into the eye of the storm that’s been brewing for the last fifteen years?