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Title: one of her best
Review: SWEETWATER CREEK, along with NORAH, NORAH, and to a lesser degree, ISLANDS, returns to the kind of storytelling Anne Siddons does best -- a lovely coming of age story set in the South. There's a blurb on the jacket that says you don't read her books, you live in them -- and I lived in this one. I buried myself in it for two days --putting off finishing it simply because I was enjoying it too much for it to end.As one who also loves and needs the sea and the marshes, her descriptions are perfect and incredibly evocative. I think even someone who has lived in the Midwest will easily conjure up the beautiful landscape of the Southern marshlands. The main character Emily is well-drawn and someone with whom you become involved very quickly. I've read all of Anne's books -- and have had the pleasure of working with her several times on the Atlanta Writers in Concerts -- and this is one of her best.
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