| Peachtree Road Contributor(s): Siddons, Anne Rivers (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061256242 ISBN-13: 9780061256240 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: Headstrong, exuberant, and independent, Lucy Bondurant is a devastating beauty who will never become the demure Southern lady her mother and society demand. Sheppard Gibbs Bondurant III, Lucy's older cousin, is too shy and bookish to become the classically suave and gregarious Southern gentleman his family expects. Growing up together in a sprawling home on Atlanta's Peachtree Road, these two will be united by fierce love and hate, and by rebellion against the narrow aristocratic society into which they were born. Anne Rivers Siddons's classic novel vividly brings to life their mesmerizing, unforgettable story-- set against the dramatic changing landscape of Atlanta, a sleepy city destined for greatness. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Southern - Fiction | Family Life - Siblings |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.42" H x 5.37" W x 8.03" (1.45 lbs) 816 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Locality - Atlanta, Georgia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Siddons, Anne Rivers: - 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. |