In her most emotionally compelling novel since "Up Island", Anne Rivers Siddons explores the bonds of female friendship.

"This story, with its haunting, lyrical prose and complex characters...will captivate any reader." -- Booklist "A page-turner. The setting and the isolated life will remind readers of Sue Monk Kidd's THE MERMAID CHAIR." -- USA Today "Themes of love and loss are intertwined throughout, as the reader rides on a tide of Siddons' lush, lyrical prose." -- Charlotte News & Observer "Rises above...by the sheer beauty and power of its prose. A story that refuses to be put down." -- Richmond Times-Dispatch "Richly atmospheric...touching, dramatic... one of Siddons' most impressive novels." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution "A fully alive world of many dimensions." -- Tallahassee Democrat "Few writers are better than Siddons at evoking the sweet gentility of Southern climes." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Lush, lyrical prose and loving detail." -- Bangor Daily News "This is Siddons' best work." -- Chicago Tribune "A powerful narrative that should satiate Siddons' many fans and captivate new ones." -- St. Petersburg Times "Fans of Southern novels in the vein of FRIED GREEN TOMATOES will relish this one's rich atmosphere." -- Washington Post

Anne Rivers Siddons's bestselling novels include Nora, Nora; Sweetwater Creek; Islands; and Fox's Earth. She is also the author of the nonfiction work John Chancellor Makes Me Cry. She and her husband divide their time between Charleston, South Carolina, and Brooklin, Maine.