The Girls of August

Author: Anne Rivers Siddons
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Grant Central Publishing, 2014
Pages: 240
Rating: Recommend

Synopsis: Every August, four women would gather together to spend a week at the beach, renting a new house each year. The ritual began when they were in their twenties and their husbands were in medical school, and became a mainstay of every summer thereafter. Their only criteria was oceanfront and isolation, their only desire to strengthen their far-flung friendships. They called themselves the Girls of August. But when one of the Girls dies tragically, the group slowly drifts apart and their vacations together are brought to a halt. Years later, a new marriage reunites them and they decide to come together once again on a remote barrier island off the South Carolina coast. There, far from civilization, the women make startling discoveries that will change them in ways they never expected.

Review: This might be the fluffiest and most pointless book I have ever read. The characters were flat, stereotyped, and uninspiring, and the plot cliche. However, somehow I got sucked into their little world. I actually liked The Girls of August. It took me about two hours to read so it's perfect for the beach.

I've also read King's Oak by Siddons, and didn't care for it.