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With characteristic humor and a full cast of eccentric and wonderfully lovable characters, Dorothea Benton Frank brings readers a refreshingly honest and funny novel about friendship, family, and finding happiness by becoming who you are meant to be.
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Characters/People edit
- Wendy: Rebecca's name certainly did not suit her once she got some fire under her butt and some strength in her spine! Wendy is more suitable because she took the wind out of her ex-husbands sails!
- Richard: Huey sounds more like a Richard -regal and awesome.
- Abigail Thurmond: Oh Abigail is far from an Abigail. A strong, powerful career woman to the bonem I think she is more of a Rachel, Barbara or Michelle!
- Julian Prescott: Add a description of this character.
- Byron
- Sami
- Fifi: She is just too shallow. I think I'll call her Fifi. Then again, there are dogs with that name who behave better.
- Claudia
- Evan
- Daphne
- Harry Albright
- Judge Shelby
- Well
- Everett Presson
- Miss Olivia: Regal diva!
- Sarni
- Charlie
- Jeff Mahoney
- Ms. O'brien
- Tisdale
- Ashley
- Dr. Tedesco
- Katie Couric
- Sallie Anne Wood
- Samantha
- Gaston
- Alice Flagg
- Nat Simms
Quotes edit
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“"The island was a place where you figured things out, made sense of your life and learned to live with yourself, forgive yourself. All the while humbled by it's astonishing power and beauty". You just need some time on Pawleys to find the truth of your own heart and to be grateful again for your life.”
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But in the end, didn’t the most important and precious things we gave each other come from our hearts?
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You realize you made a serious mistake—you married the right person for the girl you once were but not for the woman you have become. You’re stuck.
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“Honey, it’s just lust. And you know lust ain’t nothing but the devil dressed up to be beautiful. The Bible doesn’t say he’s a trickster and a liar for nothing, you know.”
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You don’t fret about it too much because that will only make your state of mind worse. You don’t talk about it to anyone because it’s undignified. You don’t get divorced because you get along well enough and you look at the poor thing snoring in his armchair and you feel perfectly horrible to have had any of those thoughts. But what about sex? What’s sex?
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You only see what you want to see and believe what you want to believe.
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How many things happened in our lives one inch at a time? Certainly weight loss, spiritual growth and the arrival of a repairman of any kind. And healing from the death of your loved ones.
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They looked like clusters of human solar batteries recharging themselves in drowsy warmth.
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Love finds you. You float on the wings of romance, you are horrified by the depth of feelings you suddenly have for another person, you are knocked off your feet and ultimately flat on your back, dreaming about having your legs in the air!
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If it’s good for them, then it’s good. If it’s bad for them, then it’s bad. They rearrange morality to suit their ambitions.
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fooled by the breeze and lulled into a comfortable stupor by the ocean’s song.
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Setting & Locations edit
- Charleston
- Pawleys Island
- Litchfield
- Clemson
- Atlanta
- South Carolina
- Waccamaw
- Louis
- Maine
- Atlantic
- Columbia
- Florida
First Sentence edit
PEOPLE have secrets.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 8 in Lowcountry Tales. (standard series)
Preceded by Shem Creek, and followed by Return to Sullivans Island.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Dorothea Benton Frank (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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