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| Title | : | Plantation (Lowcountry Tales #2) |
| Author | : | Dorothea Benton Frank |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 449 pages |
| Published | : | July 1st 2001 by Jove |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. American. Southern. Romance |
Dorothea Benton Frank
Paperback | Pages: 449 pages Rating: 4.18 | 10573 Users | 469 Reviews
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Pat Conroy called Dorothea Benton Frank’s debut, Sullivan’s Island, “hilarious and wise,” while Anne Rivers Siddons declared that it “roars with life.” Now Frank evokes a lush plantation in the heart of modern-day South Carolina—where family ties and hidden truths run as deep and dark as the mighty Edisto River… Caroline Wimbley Levine always swore she’d never go home again. But now, at her brother’s behest, she has returned to South Carolina to see about Mother—only to find that the years have not changed the Queen of Tall Pines Plantation. Miss Lavinia is as maddeningly eccentric as ever—and absolutely will not suffer the questionable advice of her children. This does not surprise Caroline. Nor does the fact that Tall Pines is still brimming with scandals and secrets, betrayals and lies. But she soon discovers that something is different this time around. It lies somewhere in the distance between her and her mother—and in her understanding of what it means to come home…Identify Books As Plantation (Lowcountry Tales #2)
| Original Title: | Plantation |
| ISBN: | 0515131083 (ISBN13: 9780515131086) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Lowcountry Tales #2 |
| Characters: | Susan Hayes, Caroline Wimbley Levine, Simon Rifkin |
| Setting: | Tall Plains, South Carolina(United States) |
Rating Based On Books Plantation (Lowcountry Tales #2)
Ratings: 4.18 From 10573 Users | 469 ReviewsJudgment Based On Books Plantation (Lowcountry Tales #2)
This is a beautiful book that is both touching and funny. I loved it. I will certainly be reading more of Dorthea Benton Frank's work!A masterpiece in what I would call "character-driven fiction." Much like my own writing, it's not the plot-points that sell this as much as the characters, think Fanny Flagg but faster moving fiction. The mother in this novel is one of the best female characters I've seen in a long time and quite original, warm, funny, inviting. It's told from the daughter's point of view in first person. You will bawl your eyes out towards the end when the mother holds her last great "Hurrah!" in her pontoon
I've read several excellent novels set in the Low Country of the U.S. Southeast (roughly, along the tidal coast between Charleston and Savannah) by three authors: Pat Conroy, Anne Rivers Siddons, and Dorothea Benton Frank. Though a long way from being a native, I'm familiar with the territory because my husband grew up in Savannah and one of my brothers has lived in the Charleston area for 45 years or so. As with the others, this book's characters are so richly drawn I felt as if I knew them as
This may have even been better than Sullivan's Island, which was the first Frank book for me. It was so clever and funny, but yet so poignant. The characters were so well developed--it was a really fun read, for sure. Hmmm, which Dorothea Benton Frank book I will tackle next?????
Lord, I love this woman's writing. If you are looking for fast-paced excitement and steamy sex, buy a different book. But if you want to sink into a slow, sensuous taste of the deep South, with all its traditions, its failings, and its triumphs, if you want to feel the low, sleepy waters of the Low Country move like warm honey through your veins, then Plantation will take you there in style. ALL of Dorothea Benton Franks books that I have read to date (and I am sadly behind) leave me wanting to
Shit on this book. It's my own fault that I kept going, but I felt it was pretty good until 350 pages or so. I couldn't stop when I was that far invested and then it just got so much worse. Layers and layers of BS cliche southern woman rediscovering her love of home and freedom from a shit marriage and reacquaintance with her faith. Vomit on a stick! Just serve me up a 12 pack of American cheese instead; I'd feel just as disgusted upon finishing. I kept thinking if I died while I was reading
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