Return to Sullivans Island
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4.2 • 19 Ratings
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
“Her books are funny, sexy, and usually damp with seawater.”
—Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides
In Return to Sullivans Island, Dorothea Benton Frank revisits the enchanted landscape of South Carolina’s Lowcountry made famous in her beloved New York Times bestseller Sullivans Island. Frank focuses on the next generation of Hamiltons and Hayes, earning high praise from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which writes, “Frank brings to vivid life the rich landscape and its unpretentious folks….A reader need only close her eyes for a moment to feel that thick-sticky heat, smell the wild salt marshes.” If you enjoy getting lost in the works of Anne Rivers Siddons, Rebecca Wells, and Pat Conroy—novels brimming with atmosphere and strong Southern charm—you are going to love Dotty Frank’s Return to Sullivans Island.
Customer Reviews
Return to Sullivans Island
I really enjoyed this book. This is the first book that I have read by this author. It's an easy read with a little romance and a little drama. The romance left a great deal for the imagination, not to descriptive, which I enjoyed. I read this book during our first vacation to Charleston, South Carolina. It was neat to recognize the restaurants that we visited as actual places in the book. I look forward to reading more novels written by this author.
Just "okay"
As a great fan of Dotty Frank as well as Southern Fiction, this one was a real let-down. First of all, you need to listen to Sullivan's Island, or you will be lost. Second, I found myself predicting every event that was going to happen 4 or 5 chapters ahead of time. Very predictable. The subject of the novel, Beth, was just not very likeable. She was always whining about something. Finally, the narrator of this book was bland and unappealing. She couldn't even do a lowcountry accent, let alone Southern! If you are expecting a great listen, skip this one.