The Girls of August

Summary:  This is for my mom readers.  Maddy, Rachel, Barbara and Melinda were destined to be friends forever.  Their bond began when their significant others where in their residency.   As they began to move away from one another, they began a summer tradition of spending one week together at a remote beach house.  When one of the marriages ends in divorce and another in death, will the girls be able to keep their bond strong?  After a few years break from their August get away, they give it one more shot to see if they can keep their frienships strong.

Impression:  This was not the best book I have ever read, but it is definitely worth putting on your list of books to read at the beach or poolside.  It was quick, light, fun and worth the read.

Reading Reviews:  

Maddy, Rachel, Barbara, and Melinda met when their husbands were in medical school and started a tradition of spending a week at a beach house every August that lasted until Melinda died in an automobile accident. Years later, when Melinda’s husband remarries, they invite his new wife, a ditzy twentysomething nicknamed Baby, to join them and end up at her family’s home on the South Carolina coast. Petty jealousy is the reigning emotion, and Baby makes a point of flaunting her youth and beauty and playing up the fact that the other women are old enough to be her mother. Making matters worse, each of the women has a life-changing secret. Their anguish boils over during a storm, and all four must come together to survive. Siddons’ (Burnt Mountain, 2011) latest is a thoughtful portrait of women in crisis, the three older of them faced with an all-too-vivid reminder that they’re aging while the youngest matures, thanks to their shared experience, and all recognize that friendship is a sustaining force. Siddons’ many fans will feel right at home with this emotionally gripping, beach-themed read. --Nanette Donohue

Donohue, Nanette. Rev. of The Girls of August. n.d. web. 30 May 2016.