Энн Риверс Сиддонс

Their lives would never be the same. Colquitt and Walter Kennedy enjoyed a life of lazy weekends, gathering with the neighbors on their quiet, manicured street and sipping drinks on their patios. But when construction of a beautiful new home begins in the empty lot next door, their easy friendship and relaxed get-togethers are marred by strange accidents and inexplicable happenings. Though Colqu...

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 Au...

Действие романа протекает в небольшом городке американского Юга, куда после разрыва с мужем приезжает с 10-летней дочерью Хилари главная героиня романа Энди Колхаун. Через весь роман проходит образ Королевского дуба — дерева-патриарха местных лесов, символизирующего мощь, красоту и бессмертие девственной природы Юга. Возле него возникает любовь Энди и лесного отшельника Тома, здесь избавляется от ...