2005 novel by Anne Rivers Siddons
Sweetwater Creek is a 2005 novel by American writer Anne Rivers Siddons. It is the story of a girl named Emily who survives her mother's abandonment and her older brother's suicide. She finds purpose in training her father's spaniels and takes refuge in the magic of Sweetwater Creek. A new friend enters Emily's life in the person of Lulu, a troubled daughter of privilege whose secrets threaten to destroy Emily's beautiful new world.
Reception
Publishers Weekly wrote that it was a "capable but uninspired story of a young girl's coming-of-age on the family plantation".[1]
Booklist reviewed the audiobook narrated by American actress Anna Fields.[2]
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