is a classic novel of remarkable emotional power, insight, and sensitivity from Anne Rivers Siddons, whose books live on the bestseller list and in the hearts of millions of her adoring fans. One of the acknowledged masters of contemporary Southern fiction—the author of such phenomenally popular works as and —Siddons carries the reader from the mountains of Tennessee to the breathtaking Tuscany countryside as she brilliantly chronicles the unraveling of a marriage. Pat Conroy ( ) says, “She ranks among the best of us,” and is the proof.