Lowcountry tales (Dorothea Benton Frank)
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2000.
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English
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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 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. Buoyed by sentimental memories of...
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[2001]
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English
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Caroline Wimbley Levine returns to her childhood home of Tall Pines Plantation in South Carolina to help her brother deal with their eccentric and headstrong mother, Miss Lavinia, in a story of family bonds, secrets, betrayal, and understanding.
4) Shem Creek
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Divorcee Linda Breland packs up her two daughters and moves from New Jersey to her hometown in South Carolina, where she sparks the interest of nearly-divorced Brad Jackson, who hires her to run his restaurant.
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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 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. Buoyed by sentimental memories of...
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"On the occasion of her 46th birthday, Caroline Wimbley Levine is concerned about filling the large shoes of her late, force-of-nature mother, Miss Lavinia, the former Queen of Tall Pines Plantation. Still, Caroline loves a challenge - and she simply will not be fazed by the myriad family catastrophes surrounding her. She'll deal with brother Trip's tricky romantic entanglements, son Eric and his mysterious girlfriend, and go toe-to-toe with alcoholic...
9) Folly Beach
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"Returning to Folly Beach, her childhood home, newly widowed Cate Cooper, whose late husband's financial exploits have left her homeless and broke, discovers that it is possible to go home again and discover the person she was meant to become."--from NoveList.
10) Porch lights
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Lowcountry tales (Dorothea Benton Frank) volume 10
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English
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When Jimmy McMullen, a fireman with the NYFD, is killed in the line of duty, his wife, Jackie, and ten-year-old son, Charlie, are devastated. Charlie idolized his dad, and now the outgoing, curious boy has become quiet and reserved. Trusting in the healing power of family, Jackie decides to return to her childhood home on Sullivans Island. Crossing the bridge from the mainland, Jackie and Charlie enter a world full of wonder and magic--lush green...
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Lowcountry tales (Dorothea Benton Frank) volume 11
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English
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"Hurricane season begins early and rumbles all summer long, well into September. Often poeple's lives reflect the weather and The Hurricane Sisters is just such a story. The matriarch, Maisie Pringle, is a force to be reckoned with. Her daughter, Liz, is caought up in the classic maelstrom of middle age. And Liz's beautiful twenty-something daughter, Ashley, and her dreamy ambitious for the future keep them all at odds. Ashley's brother, Ivy, is her...
12) Queen bee
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Lowcountry tales (Dorothea Benton Frank) volume 12
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English
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Beekeeper Holly McNee Kensen quietly lives in a world of her own on Sullivan's Island, tending her hives and working at the local island library. Holly calls her mother The Queen Bee because she's a demanding hulk of a woman. Her mother, a devoted hypochondriac, might be unaware that she's quite ill but that doesn't stop her from tormenting Holly. To escape the drama, Holly's sister Leslie married and moved away, wanting little to do with island life....