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Anne Rivers Siddons's New York Times bestselling novel about four friends whose lives are forever changed by the events of one summer. For fifteen years, four "girls of August" would gather together to spend a week at the beach, until tragedy interrupts their ritual. Now they reunite for a startling week of discoveries. The ritual began when they were in their twenties and their husbands were in medical school, and became a mainstay of every summer thereafter. Their only criteria was oceanfront and isolation, their only desire to strengthen their far-flung friendships. They called themselves the Girls of August. But when one of the Girls dies tragically, the group slowly drifts apart and their vacations together are brought to a halt. 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. There, far from civilization, the women uncover secrets that will change them in ways they never expected.

Every August, four women would gather together to spend a week at the beach, renting a new house each year. The ritual began when they were in their twenties and their husbands were in medical school, and became a mainstay of every summer thereafter. Their only criteria was oceanfront and isolation, their only desire to strengthen their far-flung friendships. They called themselves the Girls of August. But when one of the Girls dies tragically, the group slowly drifts apart and their vacations together are brought to a halt. 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. There, far from civilization, the women make startling discoveries that will change them in ways they never expected.

Growing up, the only place tomboy Thayer Wentworth felt at home was at her summer camp - Camp Sherwood Forest in the North Carolina Mountains. It was there that she came alive and where she met Nick Abrams, her first love...and first heartbreak. Years later, Thayer marries Aengus, an Irish professor, and they move into her deceased grandmother's house in Atlanta, only miles from Camp Edgewood on Burnt Mountain where her father died years ago in a car accident. There, Aengus and Thayer lead quiet and happy lives until Aengus is invited up to the camp to tell old Irish tales to the campers. As Aengus spends less time at home and becomes more distant, Thayer must confront dark secrets-about her mother, her first love, and, most devastating of all, her husband.

Molly Bell Redwine's life unravels when her husband leaves her for a younger woman, followed by her mother's death and her family's disbandment. Taught to value family above all, she now faces the harsh reality of loneliness and unexpected change. As she navigates this tumultuous period, Molly must confront her beliefs and redefine what family truly means in her life.

Set against the backdrop of Atlanta's elite society, the story follows Lucy Bondurant Chastain Venable, a fiercely independent woman, and her shy cousin, Sheppard Gibbs Bondurant III. Their intense and complicated relationship is marked by a deep, tainted love that clashes with the oppressive expectations of their privileged upbringing. As they navigate their family's demands and the societal pressures surrounding them, their bond faces challenges fueled by past grievances and the constraints of their social environment.

Novel-1956 with Eisenhower in White House, girl at southern university dealing with time of Elvis, and a changing society.

At the age of twelve, Emily Parmenter navigates a life filled with yearning and loss after the disappearance of her mother and the death of her brother. She finds solace in her secluded existence on a faded plantation, where her father and brothers are engrossed in hunting. Despite the narrowness of her surroundings, Emily discovers magic in her connection with the enchanting dolphins of Sweetwater Creek, the dogs she trains, and her special bond with her spaniel, Elvis. This world offers her a refuge from her painful reality.

Presents a children's play based on the Rapunzel fairytale, coinciding with a production at Battersea Arts Centre.

Anny Butler, a devoted caretaker, transitions from nurturing her siblings to leading a children's welfare agency. Her life transforms when she marries Lewis Aiken, a spirited surgeon, and discovers a new kind of family. Instead of a traditional setup, she becomes part of the Scrubs, a close-knit group of childhood friends in Charleston who support each other as a surrogate family. This story explores themes of love, belonging, and the different forms that family can take.

Best-selling author Anne Rivers Siddons returns to tell the story of Nora Findlay, a free-thinking young woman who turns the small town of Bazaar, Georgia, on its ear one summer in 1961. Thirteen-year-old Peyton's mother died when she was born and although her widower father assures her it wasn't her fault, Peyton believes it really was. When her mother's younger cousin Nora comes to Bazaar, Peyton isn't pleased by the intrusion. But Nora has a certain something about her - she laughs a lot, and she smokes and she seems to have done just about everything fun there is to do in this world. Her very presence seems to revitalize the entire household; even Peyton's father is in better spirits. But something is troubling Nora deeply. Peyton believes that whatever it is, it must be more than the snide comments made by neighbours who don't like her 'unsouthern' ways. Nora always laughs that off. It has to be something from her past that's bothering her, something she is running way from. When the shocking truth comes to light., it stuns the residents of their small segregated town. It also teaches Peyton the enormous cost of loving - and the necessity of doing it anyway.