Colony

By Anne Rivers Siddons

Book Overview

Destined for bestseller lists, here is a multigenerational tale of three families and their entangled loves, dreams, and tragedies, set in a summer colony perched above the cold, rolling waters of the Maine coast. As 90-year-old Maude waits at the colony for her granddaughter to come and take her home, she looks back on her full life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060179333
• ISBN13: 9780060179335
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 1.4" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

A book I will cherish forever

This was the seconed Siddons book I have read. The first was "Upcounty" which I found to be splendid. In "Colony" we are introduced to "Maude", who, marries into a very wealthy and prominent family. In the book we follow her from being a new bride thru every stage in her married life. Maude is a women that feels all the emotions that we have felt as wifes, mothers, daughters and daughters-in-law. This will tug at your heartstrings, make you laugh as well as cry (I found myself crying quite a few times actually). On my top ten list, this is definatly number 1. Enjoy!!

I loved this book so much!

This is one of my all time favorites. A southern woman marries awealthy man and spends her summers at Retreat in Maine. Her mother-in-law makes no secret of the fact that she finds Maude totally unacceptable as a wife for her son. At Retreat, Maude learns the older women rule and they do everything they can to make Retreat perfect for the men. The book spans70 years as we watch Maude try to fit in and tolerate hermother in law. Peter, Maude's husband, is a weak man,but Maude loves him and carries on the tradition of makingthe summers perfect for him. The scenery is as much acharacter as Maude and the rest of the blue bloods thatpopulate it. Anne Rivers Siddons is a master at creatinga setting and making us love the people she has created.I read this book slowly and savored it because I lovedMaude and didn't want to say good-bye. After I finished it,I didn't immediately begin another book, as is my usualcustom. I spent several days thinking about it andaccepting the fact that I wouldn't be visiting with Maudeany more. I miss her.

Perfect book to take to the beach

I read this book oh so many years ago and it's still my favorite Siddons book to read again and again. The setting in The Colony reminds me of the little village in Michigan by one of her numerous lakes ~~ where I had spent my summer vacation. The love, passion and friendships, complicated relationships span over the years and the ending is just as enthralling as the opening paragraph. You just don't want to put this book down. Out of all the Siddons books, this is the best written one.