Outer Banks - by Anne Rivers Siddons (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

"Captures the richness and complication of female friendships in a way few writers have done. . . incredibly rich characterizations and a profound sense of place." -- Cosmopolitan

In her magnificent classic Outer Banks, acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Anne Rivers Siddons brilliantly recalls a lost time of hope and dreams--of comradeship, love, secrets, and betrayal--and creates characters brimming with life who will live in the heart forever.

In the uncertain '60s, four young women came together as sorority sisters on a Southern campus: elegant Kate; sensitive, sensible Cecie; sexy, vibrant and richer-than-sin Ginger; and poor, hopeless, brilliant Fig. At Nag's Head, North Carolina, over the course of two idyllic spring breaks, their bonds of friendship were strengthened into something rare and powerfully binding. Now, thirty years later, they are returning to the isolated strip of barrier islands, hoping to recapture what has been lost--the love, the enthusiasm, the passion--and to finally understand what pulled them apart and cast them adrift.

From the Back Cover

They came together as sorority sisters on a Southern campus is the '60s: Elegant Kate, walking a tightrope over an abyss of lies ... Sensitive, sensible, self-contained Cecie ... Ginger, the sexy, vibrant heiress, richer than sin ... and poor, hopeless, brilliant Fig.

Four young women bound by rare, blinding, early friendship -- they spend two idyllic spring breaks at Nag's Head, North Carolina, the isolated strip of barrier islands where grand old weather-beaten houses perch defiantly on the edge of a storm-tossed sea. Now, thirty years later, they are coming back. They are coming back to recapture the exquisite magic of those early years, to experience again the love, enthusiasm, passion, pain, and cruel betrayal that shaped the four young girls into women and set them all adrift on the ... Outer Banks.

Review Quotes

"Charged with feeling. . . a slice of Southern life in the late '50s and early '60s, unaffected by politics and social change." - Washington Post Book World

"Captures the richness and complication of female friendships in a way few writers have done. . . incredibly rich characterizations and a profound sense of place." - Cosmopolitan