Anne Rivers Siddons Knihy

Ženský román americké autorky vypráví příběh ženy, která po rozpadu rodiny nachází znovu smysl života. Hrdinka, téměř padesátiletá matka dvou dospělých dětí a spokojená manželka, prochází nejtěžším obdobím svého života. Nečekaně se s ní rozvádí manžel, děti odcházejí z domova a její matka, k níž měla rozporuplný vztah, náhle umírá. Zničená a dezorientovaná žena odjíždí s přítelkyní na ostrov Martha´s Vineyard, kde si chce odpočinout a rozvážit, co dělat dál. Po odjezdu přítelkyně si pronajme daleko od letoviska domek v lesích a rozhodne se zůstat přes zimu. V této samotě poznává nové, svérázné lidi a z pohodlného, zajištěného života se rázem dostává do situace, kdy musí odkázaná sama na sebe pečovat o čtyři na ní závislé lidi. V péči o ně nachází novou svobodu a novou naději do budoucnosti

Román ze současného amerického Jihu, ve kterém je hrdinka pod tíhou okolností nucena přehodnotit celý svůj dosavadní život. Hlavní hrdinka, manželka bohatého jižanského podnikatele, žije osamoceně ve zdech luxusní vily. Těžce se vyrovnává s traumatem ztráty své milované dcery. Jedinou oázou, kde se cítí volně, je malý ostrov, který zdědila po své rodině. Setkává se tu s upřímnými, prostými lidmi a cítí se zde šťastná. Ve chvíli, kdy jí manžel oznámí, že jediný způsob, jak zachránit svou existenci, je prodat ostrov za komerčními účely, se ocitá ve zlomové životní situaci. Má zachránit manželův podnik, nebo obětovat milované místo a zradit tak jeho obyvatele, kteří jí důvěřují?... celý text

When Catherine Gaillard finally ends her self-imposed isolation in Tennessee for a trip to Italy, she finds that the travel transforms her, and her liberation threatens her husband.

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.

Throughout her life Merritt has cared for all those around her. When Glynn, her stepdaughter runs away, Merritt follows her but soon decides that she is going to stay in California, where she finds an unexpected love and confronts Glynn before an earthquake strikes. From the author of HILL TOWNS and DOWNTOWN.

Caroline Venable has everything her Southern heritage promised: money, prestige, a rich husband - and a predictable routine of country-club luncheons and cocktail parties. If Caro drinks a little too much for Clay's liking, he knows the reason why, and he takes comfort in the fact that she can escape to the island in the Lowcountry that her beloved Granddaddy left her. Wild and seemingly timeless, the island is a place of incomparable, breathtaking beauty - and it is the one place where Caroline can lose herself and simply forget. Roaming the island is a band of wild ponies, whose freedom and spirit have captivated Caro since she was a child. When she learns that her husband must either develop the island or lose the company that he has spent his whole life building, she is devastated. Spurred to action and inspired with new purpose, Caroline must confront the part of herself that she has numbed with alcohol and careful avoidance, and she must reconsider her priorities - what is so important that she would die for it? In fighting to save the island - her island - Caroline draws on an inner strength that forces her to reconsider her role in society, her marriage, and, ultimately, herself.

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

After 21 years, Micah Winship is going home for a visit. She hasn't been home since her father threw her out, but now he is dying and asking for her. Armed with a successful career and a newfound strength following her divorce, Micah is still unprepared for a past that has lain in wait for her--one that includes an old love, a spoiled sister and a plot to seize her family's land.

Tenth anniversary edition! Set amidst the grandeur of Old Southern aristocracy, here is a novel that chronicles the turbulent changes of a great city--Atlanta--and tells the story of love and hate between a man and a woman. When Lucy comes to live with her cousin, Sheppard, and his family in the great house on Peachtree Road, she is an only child, never expecting that her reclusive young cousin will become her lifelong confidant and the source of her greatest passion and most terrible need.

Four women--sensitive Cecie, elegant Kate, sexy Ginger, and brilliant Fig--bound by the friendship they shared thirty years earlier, come back to their haunt at Nag's Head, North Carolina, and recall the love, pain, and betrayal of their youth. Reissue.