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A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.
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A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.
"Anne Rivers Siddons's novels are women's stories in the best sense, pulling you into the internal landscape of her characters' lives and holding you there." - People
A poignant novel of the love that unites us and the secrets that drive us apart, Islands is New York Times bestselling author Anne Rivers Siddons at her lyrical best--a glorious evocation of the people and the place she knows so well.
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 changes when she meets and marries 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, and they all, in some way, have the common cord of family.
Instantly upon meeting them at the old beach house on Sullivan's Island, which they co-own, Anny knows that she has found home and family. They vow that, when the time comes, they will find a place where they can live together by the sea.
Bad things begin to happen--a hurricane, a fire, deaths--but still the remaining Scrubs cling together. They are watched over and bolstered by Camilla Curry, the heart and core of their group, always the healer. Anny herself allows Camilla to enfold and to care for her. It is the first time she has felt this kind of love and support.
This description may be from another edition of this product.Anne Rivers Siddons' books are firmly rooted in the culture of the modern South, but ultimately fans love her books because they portray -- with compassion and truth -- women who transcend the difficulties of love, friendship and growing up.
Following the lives of a close-knit group of friends as they move from middle to old age is highly appealing, and makes me wish I had a wonderfully supportive clique like this to grow old together with. Although full of death and loss, the story was beautfully tragic and quite life-affirming, however it was more sad than uplifting. Anne Rivers Siddons has a unique style of writing that is very enjoyable to read, no matter what story she is telling, and I have a special fondness for books set in the scenic Carolina low country!
When i meet anne Rivers siddons at the ritz in cleveland,ohio I was near 16 and i have read all her books and my mom and aunt took me to a meet and greetat the ritz for her book then "up island " I was on cloud nine to meet her .I didn't know what book to bring to have here sighn for me becaouse i loved them all so when i meet her and after the dinner I talked to here and asked if she would sighn other books of heres and she was more than happy to it was a bag full from the grocery store all 12 of her books and i think she was surpriced that i read tehm all at my age .Island was a great book and if you are readding this anne Can you sighn it for me ? when I read this book i thought of my past and how i met you and mary higins clark that day and how nice you were to me and we talked and you made me read tones of great books and i still am reading books and I also became great friends with another auther Fern Michales and she even deadicated a book to me .Kentucy heat. the scrubs are in everybiddy we all belong to some group of people that we all love to be with and when you read this book sometimes you will stop readingand think of your own groupe and smile and cry to be thankfule to belong to something important and speachial . Douglas Charles Girton
I've never written a review here however I need to say that I LOVE Miss Anne. I love this book. I love ALL of her books & every single one takes me to a different place within myself. She has the ability to show me, in living color, her imagination, her stories & it becomes real while I'm reading her work. Heck, I keep thinking about many of her books long after I've read them & reread them every few years. There are very few authors I'll buy hardback at full price, but she is so worth it. I'm actually scared about the day she retires & I won't get to see the world through her eyes anymore. She, Pat Conroy, Andrew Greeley, Chaim Potok, Alice Hoffman & in the past few years, Dorothea Benton Frank & Laurie King, are by far my Hardback paying, run to the bookstore, refusing to lend (but will buy for others of course because they HAVE to experience these journey's), compulsive rereading favorite authors that are still writing & feeding my addiction. (OK, Chaim Potok died, but I still reread his stuff & give it to people to read). Anyway, the woman can write. She rocks. It say's so on the T-shirt, don't ya'know?
