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The Secret to Southern Charm

by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Family ties under pressure in Peachtree Bluff

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    Southern Living Most Anticipated Beach Reads of 2018

    Included among Southern Living's Most Anticipated Beach Reads of 2018.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Family ties under pressure in Peachtree Bluff

The second novel in Kristy Woodson Harvey’s Peachtree Bluff series centers on Sloane, whose husband is missing in action, and the family members trying to help her and her young sons adjust. Her mother, Ansley, takes on caregiving across generations while worrying that secrets from her own past may surface. Sloane’s sisters offer support as she tries to keep a promise to her husband and consider her own future; Ansley, too, faces the possibility of new choices. The family story brings together grief, long-held secrets, first loves, missed opportunities and second chances, with relationships between mothers, daughters and sisters shaping the central conflicts.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in women’s fiction about family relationships across generations.
  • Those looking for a novel centered on sisters, motherhood and caregiving.
  • Readers following the Peachtree Bluff series.

Themes

Family bondsGrief and resilienceCaregiving across generationsSecrets and second chances

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Book overview

A 2018 Spring Okra Pick
USA TODAY Happy Ever After's Best Women's Fiction
Southern Living's Most Anticipated Beach Reads of 2018
Deep South Magazine's Summer Reading List
Raleigh News & Observer's "The Best Reads of Summer"
Charlotte Observer's "Summer's Best Books"
New York Live's "Ashley's A-List" Pick


Leaving fans "practically [begging] for a sequel" (Bookpage), critically acclaimed author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with the second novel in her beloved Peachtree Bluff series, featuring a trio of sisters and their mother who discover a truth that will change not only the way they see themselves, but also how they fit together as a family.

After finding out her military husband is missing in action, middle sister Sloane's world crumbles as her worst nightmare comes true. She can barely climb out of bed, much less summon the strength to be the parent her children deserve.

Her mother, Ansley, provides a much-needed respite as she puts her personal life on hold to help Sloane and her grandchildren wade through their new grief-stricken lives. But between caring for her own aging mother, her daughters, and her grandchildren, Ansley's private worry is that secrets from her past will come to light.

But when Sloane's sisters, Caroline and Emerson, remind Sloane that no matter what, she promised her husband she would carry on for their young sons, Sloane finds the support and courage she needs to chase her biggest dreams--and face her deepest fears. Taking a cue from her middle daughter, Ansley takes her own leap of faith and realizes that, after all this time, she might finally be able to have it all.

Harvey's signature warmth and wit make this a charming and poignant story of first loves, missed opportunities, and second chances and proves that she is "the next major voice in Southern fiction" (Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author).
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