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.