Nora, Nora

Anne Rivers Siddons' extraordinarily popular novels explore affairs of the heart and the emotional landscapes of the contemporary South. Many of them, including Low Country and Up Island, are New York Times best-sellers. In Nora, Nora Siddons creates a coming-of-age tale set in the social turbulence of the 1960s. Peyton McKenzie is a shy, gawky teenager, living with her widowed father, when her cousin Nora comes for a visit. With her exotic clothes and her pink Thunderbird convertible, Nora is nothing like the conservative, churchgoing relatives Peyton has known. Soon, Nora has taken Peyton under her wing, and is showing the girl a new and exciting world beyond her sleepy southern town. But a dark history lurks behind Nora's bright facade-a shocking secret that will affect each member of Peyton's family. Nora, Nora is Anne Rivers Siddons at her best. A richly crafted story, filled with fascinating, sometimes eccentric, characters, it is beautifully voiced by narrator Cristine McMurdo-Wallis.