Up Island and Low Country
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0060894687 / Publisher: Harper Perennial, March 2006
Spurred by her husband's plans to develop a beloved childhood retreat on an untouched island into a resort, Caroline confronts her empty life and drinking habit to save this special place in Southern Carolina in Low Country, and in Up Island, Molly Bell Redwine, bereft of husband and family, heads to Martha's Vineyard, where she finds inner renewal and meaning, in a two-in-one volume. Original.
Read More
The remarkable New York Times bestselling fiction of Anne Rivers Siddons has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers the world over, transporting them to lush and beautifully evoked settings while entwining them in the lives of truly unforgettable characters. Now two of the author's most beloved and critically acclaimed masterworks have been combined in one volume.In Up Island, Molly Bell Redwine -- who has always believed that "family is everything" -- is abruptly set adrift by the abandonment of a faithless husband, the death of her domineering mother, and the scattering of her Atlanta clan. Taking refuge with a friend on Martha's Vineyard, Molly's search for strength and a new identity must sustain her through the harsh island winter until she finds renewal in the healing spring.Low Country is the story of Caroline Venable, wealthy, pampered, and dutiful Southern wife, who must make hard decisions and reimagine the life she's never questioned when the beloved wild island that is her heritage and her refuge is suddenly threatened.
Read Less