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Each August, the Girls of August—four lifelong friends—spend a week renting an oceanfront island house. Their yearly ritual began in their twenties while their husbands attended medical school and has become a cornerstone of their summer lives. When one of them dies unexpectedly, the group fractures and their gatherings cease. Years later, a new marriage brings them back together, and they return to a remote barrier island off the South Carolina coast. Isolated from civilization, they confront unresolved grief, test their bonds, and uncover startling revelations that change each of them profoundly.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Psychology/Social Psychology
Authors: Anne Rivers Siddons
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