Nashborough

By Elsie Burch Donald

The momentous events of a turbulent century--witnessed through the lives of two powerful families. For years, the Southern town of Nashborough has been dominated by the Nash and Douglas families. In the 1920s, Seneca Nash, a brilliant lawyer, and his beautiful, courageous, and thoroughly undomesticated wife Dartania née Douglas, continue to epitomize the Southern traditions and social order that defined their ancestors. A way of life, they are certain, which will continue for their own children. But in the next three decades, overwhelming change--economic depression, world war, popular culture, civil rights--will sweep across the American landscape, irrevocably affecting them all. Yet the most shattering changes will come from within each family itself, as a new generation fights to break free from the stifling customs of the past. And for the Nashes and Douglases, life--and their beloved Nashborough--will never be the same.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061031623
• ISBN13: 9780061031625
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: HarperTorch
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A smooth sip of a cool drink

"Nashborough" goes down as smoothly as a nip of mint julep on a hot Tennessee day. It is a fine, stately novel, written with a grace and intelligence that makes it read more like an English family saga than an American one. Not surprising, considering that author Elsie Burch Donald is a transplanted southerner living in England and France.There's something satisfyingly old fashioned about this book, which is refreshing in this day of the overheated Southern family saga. Characters are developed with care into surprising people, and while the plot covers a lot of ground it does so at the right pace. Donald has caught the rhythms of the long hot afternoons, the family expectations, and the maneuvering to keep up with a changing world.There are plenty of unexpected turns in "Nashborough" and the novel will keep you engaged from start to finish. Take this book and find a good hammock. This is an elegant way to pass some late summer afternoons.