Caroline Venable has everything her Southern heritage promised: money, prestige, a powerful husbandand a predictable routine of country-club luncheons, cocktail parties, and dinners hosting her husband's wealthy friends, clients, and associates in his successful land-developing conglomerate. To escape her stifling routine, Caro drinks a little too much. But her true solace is the Lowcountry island her beloved Granddaddy left heran oasis of breathtaking beauty that is home to a band of wild ponies. When Caro learns that her husband must develop the island or lose the business, she is devastated. The Lowcountry is her heritageand what will happen to the ponies whose spirit and freedom have captivated her since childhood?Saving the island could cost Caroline more than she ever imagined. To succeed, she must confront the part of herself numbed by alcohol and careful avoidanceand shatter long-held ideals about her role in society, her marriage, and ultimately, herself.
Caroline AubreyVenable"Fans wil find some familiar has everything her Southern heritage promised: money, prestige, a rich husband. If she drinks a little too much and her n20-year marrige to successful land developer Clay seems a little empty, well she's doing what she was born to do: be the chatelain of a magnificent home and a hostess to her husband's wealthy friends and perspective clients.aHer numbing routine of country -club luncheons, cocktail parties, and increasing isolation is interrupted, however, when Carolinefinds out that her tycoon husband plans to build a resort on a beautiful untouched island in South Carolina's low country. The island is a quiet haven, rich in low country history and meaningful memories from Caroline's youth. But most important to Caroline , his plans will mean the devastastion of a band of wild ponies that roam freely across the island. Spurred to action and inspired with new purpose, Caroline must confront the llife she has been leading and reach deep within herself to save this special place of her past, and ultimately, make a meaningful life for herself.aSiddons at her best, Low Country is a story of personal renewal and transformation, when one woman's proper Old South upbrimnging collides with the New South's runaway prosperity.
