The Girls of August

· Sold by Grand Central Publishing
4.0
28 reviews
Ebook
240
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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.

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4.0
28 reviews
Terri Warren
April 17, 2016
Not bad, but disappointed in the book. It felt rushed and thrown together. The ending was also a letdown; it was too abrupt. There should have been more to the story.
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Carol Greene
August 14, 2014
Best friends go to the beach every year until 1 of them dies! Later on down the road they meet again only to all change!
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Cindy Alexander
July 29, 2014
This book touched me to the point that I felt as if I were one of them. It is s rare and excellent read. I laughed and cried. I felt profound sadness and happiness. Thank you for this journey.
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About the author

The Girls of August is Anne Rivers Siddons's 19th novel. Her previous bestselling novels include Burnt Mountain, Off Season, Sweetwater Creek, Islands, Nora Nora, Low Country, Up Island, Fault Lines, Downtown, Hill Towns, Colony, Outer Banks, King's Oak, Peachtree Road, Homeplace, Fox's Earth, The House Next Door, and Heartbreak Hotel. She is also the author of a work of nonfiction, John Chancellor Makes Me Cry. She and her husband, Heyward, split their time between their home in Charleston, SC and Brooklin, ME. For more information, visit www.anneriverssiddons.net.

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