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Lowcountry Summer (2010)

by Dorothea Benton Frank(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0061961175 (ISBN13: 9780061961175)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

William Morrow & Company

series

Lowcountry Tales

review 1: A few years ago I decided to try to read (what was then) local fiction. For the most part this has been a light, easy task, but I almost abandoned this one back at the library a few times. I'm fine with books that feature their Southerness, but only to a point. Here, Caroline seems to assault the reader (or listener in this case) with her Southerness. It was just way too much. She is the quintessential Southern belle snob that I can't stand--and the worst part was that she acknowledged it multiple times and wore it like a badge of honor. On top of the truly unlikable main character, the writing was so-so (a little high school creative writing class feel), and the plot was.....meh.
review 2: Full of southern gals with a mixture of sex, sass, and nutty pers... moreonalities. Caroline is approaching 47 and concerned about her son Eric shacking up with an older single mom. In addition, she is dealing with the drama of her brother’s (Tripp) family (sister in law Frances Mae) who is a drunk and her four nieces who drive her nuts. Of course, Miss Lavinia her dead mother always appears in spirit to guide her as well as she is falling in love with the local sheriff. With the death of Rusty (Trip’s girlfriend) everyone comes together as best they can in this dysfunctional family full of humor and sarcasm. Robin Miles did a great job on the audio as she has the southern wit to play the part perfectly. less

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