Dorothea Benton Frank
Hardcover | Pages: 400 pages Rating: 3.76 | 6609 Users | 524 Reviews
Identify Of Books Return to Sullivan's Island (Lowcountry Tales #6)
| Title | : | Return to Sullivan's Island (Lowcountry Tales #6) |
| Author | : | Dorothea Benton Frank |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 400 pages |
| Published | : | June 30th 2009 by William Morrow |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance |
Representaion Conducive To Books Return to Sullivan's Island (Lowcountry Tales #6)
Dorothea Benton Frank returns to the enchanted landscape of South Carolina's Lowcountry made famous in her beloved New York Times bestseller Sullivans Island to tell the story of the next generation of Hamiltons and Hayes.Whether you were away from the Lowcountry for a week or for years, it was impossible to remember how gorgeous it was. It never changed and everyone depended on that.
Return to Sullivans Island
Newly graduated from college and an aspiring writer, Beth Hayes craves independence and has a world to conquer. But her notions of travel, graduate study, and writing the great American novel will have to be postponed. With her mother, Susan, leaving to fulfill her own dreams in Paris and her Aunt Maggie, Uncle Grant, and stepfather, Simon, moving to California, Beth is elected by her elders to house-sit the Island Gamble. Surrounded by the shimmering blue waters of the Atlantic, the white clapboards, silver tin roof, and confessional porch have seen and heard the stories of generations of Hamiltons. But will the ghosts of the Island Gamble be watching over Beth?
Buoyed by sentimental memories of growing up on this tiny sandbar that seems to be untouched by time, Beth vows to give herself over to the Lowcountry force and discover the wisdom it holds. She will rest, rejuvenate, and then reenter the outside world. Just as she vows she will never give into the delusional world of white picket fences, minivans, and eternal love, she meets Max Mitchell. And all her convictions and plans begin to unravel with lightning speed.
There is so much about life and her family's past that she does not know. Her ignorance and naiveté nearly cost her both her inheritance and her family's respect. But Beth finds unexpected friends to help her through the disaster she faces: her wise and charming Aunt Sophie; Cecily Singleton, the granddaughter of Livvie Singleton; and Woody Morrison, the solid young investment banker.
This wonderful ensemble of characters could be your own family, but watch what unfolds as they succumb to the island's spell. If everything happens for a reason, then Beth's return to Sullivans Island teaches her that betrayal and tragedy are most easily handled when you surround yourself with loyal family and friends in a magical place that loves you so much that it wants to claim you as its own.
Itemize Books In Favor Of Return to Sullivan's Island (Lowcountry Tales #6)
| Original Title: | Return to Sullivan's Island |
| ISBN: | 0061438456 (ISBN13: 9780061438455) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Lowcountry Tales #6 |
| Characters: | Beth Hayes |
| Setting: | Sullivan's Island, South Carolina(United States) |
Rating Of Books Return to Sullivan's Island (Lowcountry Tales #6)
Ratings: 3.76 From 6609 Users | 524 ReviewsRate Of Books Return to Sullivan's Island (Lowcountry Tales #6)
This book surprised me by taking on a somewhat normal, just released from college 20-something and the perils of her love life. I guess I should have figured since she was a trust fund baby (the reason she's not totally normal) that it would end with butterflies (haha) and roses. The book followed the trust-fund baby through getting two jobs, meeting a guy and falling head over heels for him. She couldn't get past how much she adored this guy and ended up giving him a very large portion of herI REALLY wanted to like this book, because I truly enjoyed Sullivan's Island. I have read most all of DBF's books. Unfortunately, this one was so slow in the plot with shallow characters, that I didn't even finish it. This is a work of fiction, but DBF's style is she creates characters like people we know...Sorry, DBF....RtSI is a bomb.
This book is just plain bad. If i did not love Charleston and the surrounding Lowcountry, I would have stopped after chapter 1. The black character trying to speak Geechee (sp?) was bad. The ghost element in the book was bad. I think Dorothea Benton Frank wrote this novel too quickly and was trying to make a quick buck.
If you enjoyed Sullivan's Island, skip Return to Sullivan's Island; it's a disappointment. Where the Sullivan's Island characters are vibrant; Return's characters are lack luster and do not ring true; especially Beth. Rather than being written as a strong, educated, twenty something college grad who could have added to and carried the storyline, she's given the behaviors and mind set of a whiney, spoiled, head in the sand, thirteen year old. Beth's character is unbelieveable. Woody is
This series - this author - very enjoyable
I'd rather eat the pages of this book than finish it. I truly adore Frank's writing, thus I was excited to get lost in her South Carolinian charm. Unfortunately, this is not her best work. The love story (Beth's) is rushed and there is no development process. One minute she meets a guy and then all of the sudden he's her moon and stars. As a woman the same age as Beth, I understand the awkwardness of finding one's footing in adulthood and love, but Frank writes her main character with the
On of the few books I couldn't finish. It did not live up to the original Sullivan's Island. Character was not developed and the plat was obvious from the beginning. I have too many books in my "to read" box to waste time on one like this. I love most of her other novels but after 130 pages I had given it as much time to grow on my as I could take.
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