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Islands by Anne Rivers Siddons
Book Number:RC 58315
3 sound cassettes
Anne Rivers Siddons's insightful and deeply felt narrative takes us back
into the place she knows best -- Carolina's Low Country. Anny Butler is a
caretaker, a nurturer, first for her own brothers and sisters, and then as a
director of an agency devoted to the welfare of children. What she has never
had is a real family. That changed when she met Lewis Aiken, an exuberant
surgeon fifteen years older than Anny. When they marry, she finds her
family. Not a traditional one, but a group of Charleston childhood friends
who are inseparable, who are one another's surrogate family. They are called
the Scrubs. Instantly upon meeting them at the old beach house on Sullivans
Island, which they co-own, Anny knows that she has found home and family.
Bad things begin to happen, but still the remaining Scrubs cling together,
watched over and bolstered by Camilla Curry, the heart and core of their
group. It is the first time Anny has felt this kind of love and support. But
Anny must learn that everything is not as it seems, that some loves carry a
secret and terrible price.Strong language and some descriptions of sex.
2004.
The above review is from the web site which will be at the bottom of this
post. If you've never read any of Siddon's books, I strongly urge you to.
Once again, a moving story. Deeply seductive, Islands is the tale of
friends that love, laugh and loose together never knowing there is a monster
among them. Wonderful descriptions of the Carolina low country, the food
and the Charleston aristocracy. I give it a huge 5 out of 5.
Happy reading, Carla/TexasRed
http://www.harpercollins.com/authorintro/index.asp?authorid=9057
ooh yay! thanks carla I'll check this one out too, I love the reviews you put up here, you read a lot of stuff that i am into
I too, like your reviews, but I think I may pass on this book. Not my cup of tea, but I'm glad you liked it.
Bob
Try, I will.