Porch Lights Low Price CD |
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| Author:
| Frank, Dorothea Benton |
| Read by:
| Miles, Robin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-06-227077-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 2013 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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| Book Format: | CD-Audio |
| List Price: | AUD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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An exciting, funny, and heart-warming new tale from NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling author, Dorothea Benton Frank. At once side-splittingly funny and incredibly heart-rending, this is a beautiful and moving tale about one woman's struggle to maintain normalcy in the face of tremendous change. As a nurse serving in Iraq, she has seen everything. But nothing can prepare her for the challenges the face her when she learns her husband has been killed in a car accident. She moves back down to...
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An exciting, funny, and heart-warming new tale from NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling author, Dorothea Benton Frank. At once side-splittingly funny and incredibly heart-rending, this is a beautiful and moving tale about one woman's struggle to maintain normalcy in the face of tremendous change. As a nurse serving in Iraq, she has seen everything. But nothing can prepare her for the challenges the face her when she learns her husband has been killed in a car accident. She moves back down to Sullivans Island where her grandmother can help take care of her son. Filled with the lore of Sullivans island - and Edgar Allen Poe stories.
When Jimmy McMullen, a fireman with the NYFD, is killed in the line of duty, his wife, Jackie, and ten-year-old son, Charlie, are devastated. Charlie idolized his dad, and now the outgoing, curious boy has become quiet and reserved. Trusting in the healing power of family, Jackie decides to return to her childhood home on Sullivans Island.
Awaiting them is Annie Britt, the family matriarch who has kept the porch lights on to welcome them home. Thrilled to have her family back again, Annie promises to make their visit perfect-even though relations between mother and daughter have never been what you'd call smooth.
Captivated by the island's alluring natural charms and inspired by colorful Lowcountry lore, mother, daughter, and grandson will share a memorable, illuminating summer. Told in Annie and Jackie's alternating voices, and filled with Dorothea Benton Frank's charming wit, indelible poignancy, and hallmark themes, Porch Lights is a triumph from "the queen of Southern fiction" (Charlotte Observer).