"Anne Rivers Siddons's body of work is one of the most impressive in contemporary fiction. Now, in her beautifully crafted and dazzling new novel OFF SEASON, Ms. Siddons delivers the goods more powerfully than ever. All her books are terrific, but this one is the best yet." — Pat Conroy
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"I've always enjoyed Anne Rivers Siddons's books, but this is her best, maybe the book she was born to write. It's a double love story, narrated by a woman who has loved both early and late. The story of Lilly and Jon is one of the best stories of adolescent love--its fierceness and sweetness--that I've ever read. There's also a beautifully drawn picture of Maine dressed in her summer finery...and a few ghosts. Summer is maybe the best time to read this book; if you've ever vacationed on the Maine coast (or ever wanted to), this book isn't just the next best thing, it's the real thing. Bravura storytelling."— Stephen King
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"Fresh....No one does coastal melodrama like veteran Siddons." — Publishers Weekly
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"Siddons is a fine teller of tales." —Washington Post Book World
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My dear readers,
Off Season, my new book and my first book for Grand Central Publishing (and I feel very lucky that it is) is an examination of one woman's life and the loves that shaped her. It began a long time ago, when my goddaughter asked, "Where does love go when it dies?"
I've been thinking about that for a long time, and I have come to know many things about love between a man and a woman: that it is both tender and terrible, sweet and stormy, hurtful and healing, heartbreaking and heart-lifting. But the thing I'm surest about is that love endures. For a few special people, it does not die.
That's what I wanted to write about in Off Season, and I hope with all my heart you're going to like it. I think that Lilly's journey will speak to many of you one way or another, and it pleases me greatly to introduce her to you.
With great appreciation,
Anne Rivers Siddons