Peachtree Road

"A blockbuster of a novel. . . . Peachtree Road is the meaty and absorbing story of a city turned on to power and of the privileged inhabitants who led it to its current station as a mecca of business, culture, and progress. . . . To say this book is potent does not come close to doing it justice. More than merely powerful, it is mesmerizing, enthralling, and totally unforgettable." -- Chattanooga Free Press A masterful tale of love, hate, and rebellion set in an elite world of class and wealth, New York Times bestselling author Anne Rivers Siddons''s Peachtree Road is the unforgettable story of the turbulent growth of a great Southern city and of two people cursed by blood and birth. Headstrong, independent, and devastatingly beautiful Lucy Bondurant Chastain Venable will never become the demure Southern lady her family requires--while her older cousin, Sheppard Gibbs Bondurant III, is too shy and bookish, a far cry from the suave, gregarious Southern gentleman he''s expected to be. In the Bondurants'' sprawling home on Atlanta''s Peachtree Road, these two will be united by a fierce tainted love--and torn apart by a smoldering rage fanned by the cruelty of years and the unbending demands of privilege.

About the author

Anne Rivers Siddons is the New York Times bestselling author of 19 novels that include Nora, Nora, Sweetwater Creek, Islands, Peachtree Road, and Outer Banks. She is also the author of the nonfiction work John Chancellor Makes Me Cry.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Rivers Siddons
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.03.2008
• EAN: 9780061256240
• ISBN: 978-0-06-125624-0
• No. of pages: 816
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 204 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical romance, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, United States of America, USA, Anthologies: general, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Plays, Playscripts, US South, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Romance / Historical / Victorian, FICTION: Family Life / Siblings, FICTION: Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION: Sagas, FICTION: Southern, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Modern and Contemporary romance