Storyteller Ils Back (NAPSA)—Therichlife of the American Southis explored in New York Timesbest-selling author Anne Rivers Siddons’first novel in almost four years. Set in Charleston, South Carolina, “Islands” (HarperCollins, $24.95) takes readers back to the Low Country, the place Siddons knowsbest. After falling for Lewis An f] e : Aiken, a surgeon fifteen years her senior, Ann y indethe Butler, Rivers 4 a SiddOnS’ eharacter,is swiftly welcomed Phos | @ Willflyoxy into Lewis's cir- hee cle of friends, 19) /a\ (0), four couples who surherfamily. ug | @) become gate Having knowneachothersince adolescence, these friends share a weekend beach house where they have vowed theywill live out their days together. Though her newlife initially seemsidyllic, Anny must learn that all is not as it seems and that someloves carry a secret and a terrible price. Told in the lush language of a great southern storyteller, “Islands” magically evokeslife in and the physical beauty of Charleston.
