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Charming, funny, beautifully descriptive, and a great story!
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A delightful romp that will have you laughing and crying before you get to the end. You are going to care tremendously about Miriam and wish there were several additional chapters. I loved it!
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I enjoyed it very much!
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This was one of the best yet from Frank and her "low country" tales. A story about a middle aged divorcee with two grown estranged children who lives in NYC but misses her mother and her roots - both in SC - Sullivan's Island. It made me laugh and cry...very moving story with rich characters that evolved and grew, just like in real life.
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Dorothea Benton Frank has a way of making you feel like you are right in the heart of the lowcountry. This isn't my favorite book of hers, but still brings alive the beauty and magic of the lowcountry.
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This was really good, great vacation read, it made me cry on the plane on the way home! Wonderful reflection on relationships with mothers.
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This book made mr sad, laugh and think about what Family and Friend are really about., the effect a divorce have in all the people around you., to take a pause about what makes you really happy as a person and the Relationships with your children, parents and friends,that get lost in everyday things and situations. I have a lot of fun reading this book and made me thing about what's really importat in life. I life lesson is I ever read one.
I love all her books, so with that said she took me away again with this one as well. I love the feeling when you read a book you can envision yourself there as one of the characters. Making stong women.
This book has so many sides to it, we start in Manhattan and end in South Carolina covering all the beauty of both spots as well as Southern charm. The characters are many and each one very interesting, including the parrot with an outstanding sense of humor. A tale of family, love, fun and life. I had a hard time putting it down. It's the first book I have read by this author but will look for other's now. I gave it a 5 star rating.
Very funny, poignant and highly readable. "This story st in NEw York and in at the lowland in South Carolina continuing the traditions of the lowland and the life on Sullivan's Island. Good romance too.
The story captured me and I totally related to "Mellie"....I couldn't put the book down the second half as her life starting changing because she was ready to make changes in her life. When we accept things that happen to us and appreciate the loved ones around us life is really what you make of it.
Fun read, will make you laugh and will make you cry. Excellent story line, jerk of a husband , kids to busy, life must go on-- and Miriam makes thing shappen for herself. Of course Ms. Frank is a worth while author. Anything you pick up by her is going to be entertaining.
Very entertaining.
From the book back:
Her sleazy husband left her for a lingerie model who's barely more than a teenager, and her kids are busy with their own lives. But before Miriam Elizabeth Swanson can work herself up into a true snit about it all, her newest tenant, Liz, arrives from Birmingham with plenty of troubles of her own. And then Miriam meets a man named Harrison, who makes her laugh, makes her cry, and make her feel like a brand-new woman.
It's almost too much for one Manhatten quasi-solialite to handle - so Miriam's escaping to the enchanted and mysterious land of Sullivans Island, deep in the low country of South Carolina, a place where she can finally get her head on straight - and figure out that it's not pride that's going to keep warm at night...
Her sleazy husband left her for a lingerie model who's barely more than a teenager, and her kids are busy with their own lives. But before Miriam Elizabeth Swanson can work herself up into a true snit about it all, her newest tenant, Liz, arrives from Birmingham with plenty of troubles of her own. And then Miriam meets a man named Harrison, who makes her laugh, makes her cry, and make her feel like a brand-new woman.
It's almost too much for one Manhatten quasi-solialite to handle - so Miriam's escaping to the enchanted and mysterious land of Sullivans Island, deep in the low country of South Carolina, a place where she can finally get her head on straight - and figure out that it's not pride that's going to keep warm at night...
I have read better stories from Ms. Frank but this one improved as the story progressed. Quite boring in the beginning and also quite depressing. Have lots of tissues handy.
The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Full of Grace" delivers a highly addictive tale of hilarity, heat, and one woman's journey toward the hard-won truth that a genuinely happy life comes with a generous heart. A divorce has stalled Miriam Swanson's life: her snooty Hermes-swathed Manhattan friends abandoned her after her ex-husband "ran off with his whore"; one of her grown sons keeps her at arm's length, while her other son, a "nice nerd," stays beneath the family radar for months at a time; Frank's narrative is heavy on healing - physically, mentally - and the importance of family.
I actually got this for the color of the cover.
