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Born to a wealthy family in Middletown, Georgia, the only place tomboy Thayer Wentworth felt at home was at her summer camp -- Camp Greyledge on Burnt Mountain in North Georgia. It was there that she came alive and where she met Nick Abrams, her first love...and first heartbreak. Years later,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mr. Nicholas Abrams: A counselor at Camp Sherwood whom Thayer meets one summer
- Caroline Wentworth, a.k.a. "Grand": Thayer's grandmother, her father's mother. A wealthy Southern lady of independent mind and will who adores her younger grandaughter, Thayer
- Miss Thayer Wentworth: Younger daughter of
- Dr. Aengus O'Neill: University professor who specializes in Celtic mythology
- Finch Wentworth III: Thayer's father, a history teacher and private school administrator of the school his family owns
- Juanita: Cook/housekeeper for the wentworth family
- Lavonda: maid hired to keep track of Thayer
- Big Jim Mabry: Super wealthy man who aspires to be governor. Owns the camp where the wealthy send their boys to summer camp.
- Mama: Add a description of this character.
- Leona Thayer
- Chris: one of Thayer's neighbor, Corella's older sons
- Hamilton
- Walter Partridge: Lily's red-neck husband
- Lily: Thayer's older sister, a carbon-copy of their beautiful mother
- Ben Partridge: one of Thayer's neighbor, Corella's older sons
- Corella: divorced neighbor of Thayer and Aengus. Has three sons
- Vice-Chancellor Martinson
- Craig Thornton
- Helena Carmichael
- Niamh
- Agnes Scott
- Leona Brumby
- Eloise Costigan
- Nellie
- Mrs. Mabry
- Dr. Forrest Condon
- Mayor Carmichael
- Owen Thayer
- Carol Partridge
- Crystal Thayer
- Goose Willis
- St. Simons
- Siddons
First Sentence edit
We heard it first on an early morning in June.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in 2011 Published Books. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anne Rivers Siddons (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Add the language.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 2011
ISBN: 978-0-446-56695-7
Page Count: 325
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 2011
ISBN: 978-0-446-56695-7
Page Count: 325
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
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