13 oz.; 590 pages; PB slight reading wear/aging initials crossed out inside front cover 1st Ballantine Books PB ED. Lucy Bondurant Chastain Venable and her now reclusive cousin Sheppard Gibbs Bondurant III, have been confidants ever since Lucy came to live with Shep's family. These two and their town has been through much over the years, and whether they can survive it together still remains to be seen....