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Islands a novel

When Charleston protagonist Anny Butler marries Dr. Lewis Aiken, she becomes a member of the "Scrubs," a longtime group of friends who all have medical connections. They share their free time together at a communal beach house. Then misfortune begins to plague the group.

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  • "When Charleston protagonist Anny Butler marries Dr. Lewis Aiken, she becomes a member of the "Scrubs," a longtime group of friends who all have medical connections. They share their free time together at a communal beach house. Then misfortune begins to plague the group."@en
  • "Anny Butler is a caretaker, a nurturer, first for her own brothers and sisters, and then as a director of an agency devoted to the welfare of children. What she has never had is a real family. That changes when she meets and marries Lewis Aiken, an exuberant surgeon fifteen years older than Anny. When they marry, she finds her family--not a traditional one, but a group of Charleston childhood friends who are inseparable, who are one another's surrogate family. They are called the Scrubs, and they all, in some way, have the common cord of family.Instantly upon meeting them at the old beach house on Sullivan's Island, which they co-own, Anny knows that she has found home and family. They vow that, when the time comes, they will find a place where they can live together by the sea.Bad things begin to happen--a hurricane, a fire, deaths--but still the remaining Scrubs cling together. They are watched over and bolstered by Camilla Curry, the heart and core of their group, always the healer. Anny herself allows Camilla to enfold and to care for her. It is the first time she has felt this kind of love and support."
  • "A caring people person grows up and marries into a surrogate family called the Scrubs. They take care of each other through thick and thin."
  • "Anny Butler is a caretaker, a nurturer, first for her own brothers and sisters, and then as a director of an agency devoted to the welfare of children. What she has never had is a real family. That changes when she meets and marries Lewis Aiken, an exuberant surgeon fifteen years older than Anny. When they marry, she finds her family -- not a traditional one, but a group of Charleston childhood friends who are inseparable, who are one another's surrogate family. They are called the Scrubs, and they all, in some way, have the common cord of family. Instantly upon meeting them at the old beach house on Sullivan's Island, which they co-own, Anny knows that she has found home and family. They vow that, when the time comes, they will find a place where they can live together by the sea. Bad things begin to happen -- a hurricane, a fire, deaths -- but still the remaining Scrubs cling together. They are watched over and bolstered by Camilla Curry, the heart and core of their group, always the healer. Anny herself allows Camilla to enfold and to care for her. It is the first time she has felt this kind of love and support."
  • "Anny Butler is a caretaker, a nurturer, first for her own brothers and sisters, and then as a director of an agency devoted to the welfare of children. What she has never had is a real family. That changes when she meets and marries Lewis Aiken, an exuberant surgeon fifteen years older than Anny. When they marry, she finds her family -- not a traditional one, but a group of Charleston childhood friends who are inseparable, who are one another's surrogate family. They are called the Scrubs, and they all, in some way, have the common cord of family. Instantly upon meeting them at the old beach house on Sullivan's Island, which they co-own, Anny knows that she has found home and family. They vow that, when the time comes, they will find a place where they can live together by the sea. Bad things begin to happen -- a hurricane, a fire, deaths -- but still the remaining Scrubs cling together. They are watched over and bolstered by Camilla Curry, the heart and core of their group, always the healer. Anny herself allows Camilla to enfold and to care for her. It is the first time she has felt this kind of love and support."@en
  • "Een groep zeer goede vrienden uit de omgeving van Charleston, Zuid Carolina, valt langzaam maar zeker uit elkaar."
  • "Finding the family she has always longed for through her marriage, Anny vows with her new friends that they will live together in old age, a promise that is tested in the wake of painful challenges."
  • "Dévouée corps et âme à son travail dans une institution pour enfants, Anny voit son existence bouleversée par l'arrivée dans sa vie du médecin Lewis Aikens et de ses inséparables amis d'enfance. Tous se retrouvent régulièrement dans leur maison commune située sur une île paradisiaque. Jusqu'au jour où plusieurs drames frappent le groupe d'amis."
  • "Anny Butler is a caretaker, a nurturer, first for her own brothers and sisters, and then as a director of an agency devoted to the welfare of children. What she has never had is a real family. That changes when she meets and marries Lewis Aiken, an exuberant surgeon fifteen years older than Anny."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Love stories"
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en

http://schema.org/name

  • "Islands : by Anne Rivers Siddons"
  • "Der Preis der Liebe Roman"
  • "strandhuis"
  • "Islands a novel"@en
  • "Entre le ciel et l'eau"
  • "Islands"@en
  • "Islands"
  • "Het strandhuis"
  • "Der Preis der Liebe : Roman"
  • "Entre le ciel et l'eau : roman"
  • "ISLANDS"@en
  • "Islands, A Novel"@en

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