Pawleys Island: A Lowcountry Tale

Pawleys Island: A Lowcountry Tale

Of the many barrier islands that pepper the coast of South Carolinaâ€™s Lowcountry, Pawleys Island, the â€œarrogantly shabbyâ€ family playground for generations, might be the most mysterious and charming of them all. It is here and in the surrounding area that Dorothea Benton Frank has placed her latest Lowcountry tale, Pawleys Island. Meet Huey Valentine, the owner of Gallery Valentine, catering to interior decorators and, heaven save us, tourists. Huey resides on his family plantation on the shores of the Waccamaw River, where he cares for his mother, Miss Olivia, a wise and irresistible octogenarian. And meet Hueyâ€™s great friend Abigail Thurmond, retired attorney from Columbia, who has laid claim to her familyâ€™s home on Pawleys Island. Huey and Abigail are complacent in their fat and sassy lives until the stormy advent of the artist Rebecca Simms. Rebecca has been catapulted from her home, her marriage, and her children. She has escaped to Pawleys Island to hide herself from herself. But after Miss Olivia pries Rebeccaâ€™s secrets from her, Huey and especially Abigail are challenged to reenter life outside the dream state their idyllic geography evokes. They will see that Rebecca has her day in court, but they never expect to provoke a national forum for discussion. With characteristic humor and a full cast of eccentric and wonderfully lovable characters, Dorothea Benton Frank brings us her most honest and entertaining story to date. People have secrets they never want anyone to know. People have pasts they would prefer be left out of conversation. In Frankâ€™s nimble hands, it all comes spilling out to be examined and reconciled.

Country	USA
Author	Dorothea Benton Frank
Binding	Audio CD
EAN	9781441826541
Edition	Abridged
ISBN	1441826548
Label	Brilliance Audio
Manufacturer	Brilliance Audio
NumberOfItems	5
PublicationDate	2009-11-30
Publisher	Brilliance Audio
Studio	Brilliance Audio
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Pawleys Island: A Lowcountry Tale

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