Synopsis
In her bestselling books, Anne Rivers Siddons can be counted on for strong narratives, old-fashioned values, and vividly described settings. ISLANDS, her 15th novel, is no exception. The focus here is a wealthy clique in Charleston, South Carolina--Siddons's usual milieu--and a woman named Anny Butler who marries into it. When Lewis Aiken, a surgeon, falls in love with Anny, who runs a philanthropic agency, he instantly renounces his womanizing past, and Anny finds in her idyllic marriage a secure haven and a supportive group of friends for the first time in her life. Tragedy intervenes, age encroaches, difficulties abound, but the group coheres, and Anny draws strength from the continuity and the tradition with which they are blessed.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2004-04-01 | | Narrated by: | Dana Ivey | | Series: | SIDDONS, ANNE RIVERS | | Edition Description: | Abridged |
| Size | | Height: | 6.8 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 6.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
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.
Industry Reviews
"[F]ans will welcome yet one more exploration of Southern life à la Siddons."
Kirkus (12/15/2003)
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