DOWNTOWN, Anne Rivers Siddons
DOWNTOWN, Anne Rivers Siddons
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DOWNTOWN

Author: Anne Rivers Siddons

Narrator: Kate Burton

Abridged: 5 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/27/2005


Synopsis

The year is 1966, a time of innocence, possibility,and freedom. And for Atlanta, the country, and one woman making her way in a changing world, nothing will be the same ...After an airless childhood in Savannah, Smoky O'Donnell arrives in Atlanta, dazzled and chastened by this hectic young city on the rise. Her new job as a writer with the city's Downtown magazine introduces her to many unforgettable people and propels her into the center of momentous events that will irrevocably alter her heart, her career, and her world.

About Anne Rivers Siddons

Anne Rivers Siddons is the New York Times bestselling author of 19 novels that include Nora, Nora, Sweetwater Creek, Islands, Peachtree Road, and Outer Banks. She is also the author of the nonfiction work John Chancellor Makes Me Cry.

About Kate Burton

Kate Burton has made numerous stage, film, and television appearances, and was seen on Broadway most recently in Hedda Gabler and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. She played the title role in Alice in Wonderland with her father, Richard Burton, on PBS.


Reviews

Goodreads review by TraceyL on November 02, 2019

A young Irish Catholic woman moves from Savannah to Atlanta in 1966. She takes a job at a newspaper writing about issues in Atlanta's black community. The book is about the various cultural changes that happened in the 60's, while also being a coming-of-age story and romance. I picked this up because......more

Goodreads review by Kellie on April 07, 2020

I loved the excitement Smoky felt about her first real job and the glamour of Atlanta at the beginning of this book. I could relate. I remember my first “real” job and how exciting it was to work “downtown”. And that song played through my head as I read the book. Siddons has been known to add a dar......more

Goodreads review by Kerry on April 06, 2018

Re-visiting “Downtown” after many years reminds me, as if I need reminding, just how good a writer Anne Rivers Siddons is. This 1994 novel is her towering tribute to the city of Atlanta, to its famous city magazine and the editor and staff that made it landmark publication of the turbulent 60s in th......more

Goodreads review by S on September 04, 2018

Finished a few days ago. Seemed mostly an exercise in self indulgence. Much about what a special group of people, working for a city magazine, they were..but nothing to really make the reader feel it and agree. Much about what an important time it was, and feeling so connected to ‘the movement’..but ag......more

Goodreads review by Mitzi on April 07, 2023

Downtown by Anne Rivers Siddons was our book club selection for March. Through the eyes of a young reporter, we get a peak into life in Atlanta during the turbulent 60s. It was fun to go back and read this author again.......more