An unforgettable story of love, acceptance, and tradition.
When Maude Chambliss first arrives at Retreat, the seasonal home of her husband's aristocratic family, she is a nineteen-year-old bride fresh from South Carolina's Low Country. Among the patrician men and women who reside in the summer colony on the coast of Maine, her gypsy-like beauty and impulsive behavior immediately brand her an outsider. She, as well as everyone else, is certain she will never fit in. And of course, she doesn't...at first.
But over the many summers she spends there, Maude comes to cherish life in the colony, as she does the people who share it with her. There is her husband Peter, consumed with a darkness of spirit; her adored but dangerously fragile children; her domineering mother-in-law, who teaches her that it is the women who posses the strength to keep the colony intact; and Maine native Micah Willis, who is ultimately Maude's truest friend.
This brilliant novel, rich with emotion, is filled with appealing, intense, and indomitable characters. Anne Rivers Siddons paints a portrait of a woman determined to preserve the spirit of past generations--and the future of a plaice where she became who she is...a place called Colony
"An outstanding multigenerational novel...We are hooked from the moment we meet Maude."
The New York Times
When Maude Chambliss first arrives at Retreat, the seasonal home of her husband's aristocratic family, she is a nineteen-year-old bride fresh from South Carolina's Low Country. Among the patrician men and women who reside in the summer colony on the coast of Maine, her gypsy-like beauty and impulsive behavior immediately brand her an outsider. She, as well as everyone else, is certain she will never fit in. And of course, she doesn't...at first.
But over the many summers she spends there, Maude comes to cherish life in the colony, as she does the people who share it with her. There is her husband Peter, consumed with a darkness of spirit; her adored but dangerously fragile children; her domineering mother-in-law, who teaches her that it is the women who posses the strength to keep the colony intact; and Maine native Micah Willis, who is ultimately Maude's truest friend.
This brilliant novel, rich with emotion, is filled with appealing, intense, and indomitable characters. Anne Rivers Siddons paints a portrait of a woman determined to preserve the spirit of past generations--and the future of a plaice where she became who she is...a place called Colony
"An outstanding multigenerational novel...We are hooked from the moment we meet Maude."
The New York Times
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Hardback Editions
May 1993 : Hardback
| Title: Colony Author(s):: Anne Rivers Siddons ISBN: 0002240823 / 9780002240826 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
February 1993 : Hardback
| Title: Colony (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) Author(s):: Anne Rivers Siddons ISBN: 0816156158 / 9780816156153 (USA edition) Publisher: G K Hall & Co Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
July 1992 : Hardback
| Title: Colony Author(s):: Siddons Anne Rivers ISBN: 0060179910 / 9780060179915 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA |
June 1992 : Hardback
| Title: Colony Author(s):: Anne Rivers Siddons ISBN: 0060179333 / 9780060179335 (USA edition) Publisher: Harpercollins Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
Paperback Editions
May 1993 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Colony Author(s):: Anne Rivers Siddons ISBN: 0061099708 / 9780061099700 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperTorch Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
January 1996 : Paperback
| Title: Colony Author(s):: Anne Rivers Siddons ISBN: 0751510823 / 9780751510829 (UK edition) Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon |
December 1995 : Paperback
| Title: Colony Author(s):: Anne Rivers Siddons ISBN: 0006472699 / 9780006472698 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
July 1993 : Paperback
| Title: Colony Author(s):: ISBN: 9994009435 / 9789994009435 Publisher: Harper Mass Market Paperbacks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
July 1993 : Paperback
| Title: Colony Author(s):: Anne Rivers Siddons ISBN: 0816156166 / 9780816156160 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Audio Editions
April 2004 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Colony Author(s):: Anne Rivers Siddons ISBN: 0060590394 / 9780060590390 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperAudio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
1993 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Colony Author(s):: ISBN: 1556908679 / 9781556908675 (USA edition) Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. Availability: Amazon |
June 1992 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Colony Author(s):: Anne R Siddons ISBN: 1559945931 / 9781559945936 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Availability: Amazon CA |
Kindle Editions
May 2004 : Kindle edition
| Title: Colony Author(s):: Anne Rivers Siddons ISBN: B000FC117Y Publisher: HarperCollins e-books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
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