Books like Islands by Anne Rivers Siddons
Anny Butler has spent her life caring for others—as a sibling caregiver and later as director of a children’s welfare agency—yet she has never known a real family. When she meets the exuberant surgeon Lewis Aiken, fifteen years her senior, and marries him, she discovers a surrogate family: the Scrubs, a tight-knit group of childhood friends from Charleston. They share a beach house on Sullivan’s Island and pledge to create a home by the sea. Despite the trials of hurricanes, fires, and deaths, the Scrubs remain united under the healing presence of Camilla Curry. For Anny, this community offers a depth of love and support she has never felt before.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Psychological Fiction/Relationship Drama
Authors: Anne Rivers Siddons
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