The Girls of August (20 page)
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Authors: Anne Rivers Siddons
But I joined in their laughter anyway.
We laughed with helpless abandon and we hung on tightly to each other, and I thought
that perhaps the wet night wind picked up our laughter and carried it out to sea,
to meet the engines that came to take us home.
Anne Rivers Siddons is the author of eighteen
New York Times
bestselling novels, including
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,
South Carolina, and Brooklin, Maine. For more information, you can visit www.AnneRiversSiddons.net.
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
Heartbreak Hotel
Sweetwater Creek
Off Season
Burnt Mountain
John Chancellor Makes Me Cry
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ISBN:
978-0-4465-6584-4
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