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    Southern Side of Paradise
    Southern Side of Paradise
    Southern Side of Paradise
    Audiobook10 hours

    Southern Side of Paradise

    Written by Kristy Woodson Harvey

    Narrated by Janet Metzger and Rebekkah Ross

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    The internationally bestselling Peachtree Bluff series concludes with this “deliciously authentic Southern tale of family and the often messy, complex relationships between sisters, mothers, and daughters” (Susan Boyer, USA TODAY bestselling author).

    With the man of her dreams back in her life and all three of her daughters happy, Ansley Murphy should be content. But she can’t help but feel like it’s all a little too good to be true.

    Her youngest daughter, actress Emerson, is recently engaged and has just landed the role of a lifetime. She seemingly has the world by the tail and yet something she can’t quite put her finger on is worrying her—and it has nothing to do with her recent health scare.

    When two new women arrive in Peachtree Bluff—one who has the potential to wreck Ansley’s happiness and one who could tear Emerson’s world apart—everything is put in perspective. And after secrets that were never meant to be told come to light, the powerful bond between the Murphy sisters and their mother comes crumbling down, testing their devotion to each other and forcing them to evaluate the meaning of family.

    “Kristy Woodson Harvey has done it again….The Southern Side of Paradise is full of humor, charm, and family” (Lauren K. Denton, USA TODAY bestselling author) and is the ultimate satisfying beach read.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateMay 7, 2019
    ISBN9781508286943
    Author

    Kristy Woodson Harvey

    Kristy Woodson Harvey is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including The Wedding Veil, Under the Southern Sky, and The Peachtree Bluff series, which is in development for television with NBC. A Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s school of journalism, her writing has appeared in numerous online and print publications, including Southern Living, Traditional Home, USA TODAY, Domino, and O. Henry. Kristy is the winner of the Lucy Bramlette Patterson Award for Excellence in Creative Writing and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. Her books have received numerous accolades, including Southern Living’s Most Anticipated Beach Reads, Parade’s Big Fiction Reads, and Entertainment Weekly’s Spring Reading Picks. Kristy is the cocreator and cohost of the weekly web show and podcast Friends & Fiction. She blogs with her mom, Beth Woodson, on Design Chic, and loves connecting with fans on KristyWoodsonHarvey.com. She lives on the North Carolina coast with her husband and son where she is (always!) working on her next novel.

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    • 4/5
      As a card-carrying member of GRITS (Girls Raised In The South) I love a good book set in the South, especially if it's set on the coast. Throw in the fact that this book is the third in a trilogy about a mother and her 3 adult daughters, and it became a "must read" for me. I'd received an ARC of this, the third book, but I chose to start with the first one, and I'm so glad I did. I read all three books this summer, and thoroughly enjoyed all three.
      Each of the 3 books focuses on a different daughter, but all three are present in each book, and of course the mother's life is at the heart of all three books - and in each book the viewpoint alternates between the mother's POV and the a daughter's. I mostly listened to these audiobooks, also reading parts of each, and enjoyed them all. A trilogy can become a bit repetitive when one reads all three books in a short period of time, and there were bits of this one that were, but not so much that the repetitive parts felt like filler, they were more like little reminders of pertinent details from the previous books.
      This book focuses on the youngest daughter, Emerson, an up-and-coming actress who's going through a health scare and questioning many of her life choices. As we watch her struggle with decisions she must make, we catch up with her sisters and her mother. There's drama, there's humor, there's love and commitment and family (and family secrets). I loved these books, and have Kristy Woodson Harvey's other books on my wishlist.
      Also, excellent narration by both narrators for this audiobook.
      My thanks to Netgalley and Gallery Books for providing a copy for an unbiased review.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This was my favorite book out of the 3 in this series.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Meh. It was ok. The bait and switch illness was annoying. The characters are generic. Mildly entertaining
    • 5/5
      This was the third in the series. I loved them all.