Folly Beach

by Dorothea Benton Frank

Overview

"New York Times"-bestselling author Frank delivers an exciting, funny, and heartwarming new tale in her beloved Lowcountry series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062111739
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	12/27/2011
Series:	Lowcountry Tales Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	235,905
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

New York Times bestseller Dorothea Benton Frank was born and raised on Sullivans Island, South Carolina. Until her passing in 2019, Dorothea and her husband split their time between New Jersey and South Carolina. A contemporary voice of the South, Dorothea Benton Frank was beloved by fans and friends alike since her debut novel Sullivans Island. Readers from coast to coast fell for the quick wit and the signature humor that permeated her many bestselling novels.

Hometown:

New Jersey and Sullivan's Island, South Carolina

Date of Birth:

1951

Date of Death:

September 2, 2019

Place of Birth:

Sullivan's Island, South Carolina

Website:

http://www.dotfrank.com

Editorial Reviews

Alternating between Cate’s personal journey of renewal and flashbacks into the lives of the Heywards, Frank’s lush and literary paean to her beloved Lowcountry provides a romantic glimpse into an artistic past.

Booklist

Frank's latest novel displays a rare talent that fans will welcome. Cate's philandering husband has died, leaving her nothing, and the entire contents of her sizable home have been repossessed. She returns to her relatives in Charleston hoping to get a grip on what has happened and on what comes next. Cate's new life with her firecracker of an aunt in the South is told primarily through hilarious and engaging dialogue with family and friends, with a smattering of seriousness along the way. The recently widowed protagonist's journey to rediscovering joy and love will thrill readers, especially with the addition of a suavely integrated story-within-a-story involving a one-woman play about the lovers who wrote Porgy and Bess. There's a certain authenticity to the lives Frank tells that will resonate with many women. Frank's telling of this talewill help readers celebrate love and sexuality after 60. (June)

Publishers Weekly

Alternating between Cate’s personal journey of renewal and flashbacks into the lives of the Heywards, Frank’s lush and literary paean to her beloved Lowcountry provides a romantic glimpse into an artistic past. — Booklist

From the Publisher

Alternating between Cate’s personal journey of renewal and flashbacks into the lives of the Heywards, Frank’s lush and literary paean to her beloved Lowcountry provides a romantic glimpse into an artistic past.

Booklist

Praise for Lowcountry Summer:Lowcountry Summer (Harper Audio) by Dorothea Benton Frank is a sequel to Plantation, with Caroline Wimbley Levine returning to Tall Pines in one of the author’s trademark warmly humorous stories; Robin Miles gives it a rich read.

St. Petersburg Times

Cate enjoyed South Carolina's Folly Beach as a child, but when she returns as an adult she's not just widowed but broke—her faithless husband wrecked their finances. Still, she slowly opens herself to the possibilities. The one-day laydown on June 14 and 250,000-copy first printing attest to the ongoing popularity of Frank's Lowcountry titles, and the ten-city tour will help. Buy multiples wherever Frank is popular.

Library Journal