“Engrossing …Affecting.” - People on Up Island
“A skillful storyteller. . . . Siddons does what she does best and delivers king-sized conflict in hypnotic surroundings.” - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“A lusty southern saga...passionate and perverse...psychologically astute and excellently written.” - Cosmopolitan
“Siddons’s style, like that of Pat Conroy. . . is lush and full.” - Kansas City Sun
“Fans of Southern novels in the vein of FRIED GREEN TOMATOES will relish this one’s rich atmosphere, all salty marshes and white-hot skies.” - Washington Post
“If you’ve ever lived in the South, Anne Rivers Siddons’s latest book will take you home again.” - USA Today
“Lush, lyrical.” - Boston Globe
“Siddons draws precise, unforgettable portraits. . . read this, get lost in it.” - Cosmopolitan
“Sweetwater Creek contains scenes that make me laugh out loud and cry in secret, the way great literature always does when it is written with passion and flair.” - Pat Conroy
“Siddons. . . knows how to exploit the old South’s sense of Gothic and its mordant wit. At the same time, we believe in her portrait of the new South—still a place as difficult to take as it is to leave.” - New York Times Book Review
“Themes of love and loss are intertwined throughout, as the reader rides on a tide of Siddons’ lush, lyrical prose.” - Charlotte News & Observer
