The Girls of August by Anne Rivers Siddons

'The lyrical beauty of Siddons's writing shines.an elegant portrait of love, loss, longing memories and mystery line the path to self-discovery in OFF SEASON.Siddons's fans will savor the story long after the last page has turned.'― Charlotte Observer

All her books are terrific, but this one is the best yet.'― Pat Conroy Siddons delivers the goods more powerfully than ever. And, in her beautifully crafted and dazzling new novel OFF SEASON, Ms. 'Anne Rivers Siddons's body of work is one of the most impressive in contemporary fiction. 'One doesn't read Anne Rivers Siddons's books, one dwells in them.'― Chicago Tribuneīravura writing.This is Siddons's best, maybe the book she was born to write.'― Stephen King (on Off Season) 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. There, far from civilization, the women uncover secrets that will change them in ways they never expected. Years later, a new marriage reunites them and they decide to come together once again on a remote barrier island off the South Carolina coast. But when one of the Girls dies tragically, the group slowly drifts apart and their vacations together are brought to a halt. They called themselves the Girls of August. Their only criteria was oceanfront and isolation, their only desire to strengthen their far-flung friendships. The ritual began when they were in their twenties and their husbands were in medical school, and became a mainstay of every summer thereafter. Now they reunite for a startling week of discoveries. Anne Rivers Siddons's New York Times bestselling novel about four friends whose lives are forever changed by the events of one summer.įor fifteen years, four 'girls of August' would gather together to spend a week at the beach, until tragedy interrupts their ritual.

The Girls of August by Anne Rivers Siddons