The Land of Mango Sunsets
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4.4 • 163 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Her despicable husband left her for a lingerie model who's barely more than a teenager, and her kids are busy with their own lives. But before Miriam Elizabeth Swanson can work herself up into a true snit about it all, her newest tenant, Liz, arrives from Birmingham with plenty of troubles of her own. Then Miriam meets a man named Harrison, who makes her laugh, makes her cry, and makes her feel like a brand-new woman.
It's almost too much for one Manhattan quasi-socialite to handle—so Miriam's escaping to the enchanted and mysterious land of Sullivans Island, deep in the low country of South Carolina, a place where she can finally get her head on straight—and perhaps figure out that pride is not what's going to keep her warm at night . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A middle-aged woman's self-discovery is predictable but not pedestrian in Frank's (Full of Grace; Pawleys Island) latest. A divorce has stalled Miriam Swanson's life: her snooty Herm s-swathed Manhattan friends abandoned her after her ex-husband "ran off with his whore"; one of her grown sons keeps her at arm's length, while her other son, a "nice nerd," stays beneath the family radar for months at a time; and the major drawback to her job at a museum is her boss icy former friend Agnes Willis. In a twist that stretches disbelief, Miriam catches Agnes's husband, Truman, having a noisy rendezvous with Liz, the cute new tenant in Miriam's townhouse. After a brief interlude that sends Miriam to a South Carolina barrier island to visit her former cotillion queen mother and meet the dreamy local Harrison Ford ("Not that wimpy actor") Miriam reveals Truman's affair, with consequences that fuel the remainder of the book. Frank's narrative is heavy on healing physically, mentally and the importance of family, and though her sometimes delightfully nasty heroine is sympathetic, supporting cast members have one note apiece. This isn't Frank's finest, but it'll sate her fans.
Customer Reviews
The Land of Mango Sunsets
Laugh out loud funny, an indiscreet African Grey named Harry, a gay best friend, a townhouse in Manhattan, social climbing socialites, and a beach on Sullivan’s Island that brings emotional growth, love, laughter and family together again. So fun I would read it again right now! - T. Royster
Folly Beach
Not really sure I liked this, I'm going to go back and reread this one.. Maybe I missed something!!!