![]() ![]() That the second tale involved not one, but three cameos by people I know, gave me a bit of a chuckle. The other segment was pure Frank: a widow coming home to the lowcountry to heal and grow. And I particularly liked the thread that was presented as the script of a one-woman play about Dorothy Heyward, wife of Debose Heyward (and author, playwrite in her own right). That drives some folks crazy, but I like parallel stories. By all rights, then, this one should have made me shriek and throw it across the room (in a very lady-like manner, mind you.)This story is told in entwining two parts. So, when a friend gave me a copy of Folly Beach I almost didn't read it, because the last DBF book I'd read had been one I'd enjoyed. I know novels are fiction, but there are some things with which I just can't tolerate liberties being taken. To be fair, most of my frustrations come when there are inaccuracies about my beloved lowcountry. ![]() I'll like one book, get frustrated with the next couple, promise myself never to pick up another one, weaken, and she then hits one out of the park. Dorothea Benton Frank is kind of hit and miss with me. ![]()
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