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    Ladies of the Lake: A Novel
    Ladies of the Lake: A Novel
    Ladies of the Lake: A Novel
    Audiobook (abridged)5 hours

    Ladies of the Lake: A Novel

    Written by Haywood Smith

    Narrated by Cynthia Darlow

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    From Haywood Smith, the New York Times bestselling author of THE RED HAT CLUB novels comes a pitch perfect story of four sisters who are forced to come together after years of silence

    Sisters Dahlia, Iris, Violet, and Rose—all with grown children of their own—have a complicated relationship, so when their grandmother's will requires them to spend the whole summer—without friends or family—"camping in" at her run-down lodge on re mote Lake Clare in order to inherit the valuable land, old rivalries and new understanding emerge, with plenty of laughs along the way.

    Desperate to save her Buckhead home from foreclosure after being left in the lurch, recent divorcee Dahlia must complete the summer and sell her share immediately. Practical, even-tempered Violet will be no problem, but Iris has been Dahlia's nemesis since she learned to say, "no" to her big sister. And super-sweet, quirky Garage Sale Queen Rose is so "green" she'd test the patience of a saint.

    As tempers flare and old secrets are revealed, four grown women discover that the past is never truly buried, in Haywood Smith's Ladies of the Lake.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateSep 1, 2009
    ISBN9781427207968
    Author

    Haywood Smith

    Haywood Smith is the author of Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch, The Red Hat Club, and Red Hat Club Rides Again. She lives in Buford, Georgia.

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    • 5/5
      You can’t beat this combination of talented ladies. Haywood Smith is an amazing author and Cynthia Darlow as the narrator leads to a very enjoyable listening experience.
    • 1/5
      Review reflects the abridged version!

      I was expecting a Ya-Ya Sisterhood kind of story about four sisters forced to spend 3 months together at the family cottage. It started out that way, then suddenly became a cheesy romance. Horrible abridgement: for most of the middle the sisters are barely mentioned as the plot focusses on the romance (that had no real surprises). Characters had conflicting characteristics, random events (like finding two dead bodies and moving them to a park???). It started off fine, but then got ridiculous.