Caroline Venable has everything her Southern heritage promised: money, prestige, a rich husband -- and a predictable routine of country-club luncheons and cocktail parties. Caroline is the chatelaine of a magnificent home, hostess to her husband's wealthy friends and prospective clients, and the official 'one-woman welcome wagon' for young, eager talent that her husband, Clay, imports to their corner of South Carolina to work for the family company -- a vastly successful land-developing conglomerate. If Caro drinks a ...
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Caroline Venable has everything her Southern heritage promised: money, prestige, a rich husband -- and a predictable routine of country-club luncheons and cocktail parties. Caroline is the chatelaine of a magnificent home, hostess to her husband's wealthy friends and prospective clients, and the official 'one-woman welcome wagon' for young, eager talent that her husband, Clay, imports to their corner of South Carolina to work for the family company -- a vastly successful land-developing conglomerate. 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 Low country 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 spent his whole life building, she is devastated. The Low country is Caroline's heritage -- the one constant she believed would "never" change. A resort would not only tame (and therefore destroy) the island she loves -- but what will happen to the wild ponies? 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 important enough 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 herrole in society, her marriage and, ultimately, herself. "Low Country" is a story of personal renewal and transformation -- one woman's proper Old South upbringing and expectations colliding with the new South's runaway prosperity. It is magnificently told, and it is Anne Rivers Siddons at her absolute best.
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Good. Book LARGE PRINT hardcover library withdrawal in sturdy condition. The front cover has a slight forward lean. Some shelf wear to the covers. A card pocket is still pasted on the inside back cover page. Good binding. Tight. With nothing ripped by the library. Stamped at the page edge by the library. In clean, useful condition.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. Ex-Library; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 509 pages; Glossy illustrated library bound volume. Large Print. Book minor wear to edges, spine ends and corner tips. Book solid and tight. Exlibrary with usual stamps and front free end page neatly removed. Text block clean and pages tight.
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Fair. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
