The one in sullivan s island is about my age maybe younger, smart, funny, battered by life, and resilient as hell. Born and raised in idyllic sullivans island, susan hayes navigated through her turbulent childhood with humor, spunk, and characteristic southern sass. Author of sullivans island, full of grace, plantation, shem creek, the land of mango sunsets, the christmas pearl, lowcountry summer, bulls island dorothea benton frank open library donate. Sullivans island is set in the steamy landscape of south carolina.
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Selling over a million copies, all from her debut release, it went on to be translated into ten different languages worldwide, thus giving her an even larger global audience as well. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Though i did not grow up on sullivan s island, my father is from there. Sullivans island by dorothea benton frank born and raised on idyllic sullivans island, susan. Set in the steamy, stormy landscape of south carolina, sullivan s island tells the unforgettable. Frank wrote 20 books, all primarily set in south carolinas. Born and raised on idyllic sullivans island, susan hayes navigated through her turbulent childhood with humor, spunk, and characteristic southern sass. Sullivans island is hilarious and wise, an uptotheminute report on what it is like to be alive and female in the south carolina lowcountry today. She was the new york times bestselling author of numerous novels, including sullivans island, plantation, pawleys island, shem creek, and isle of palms. Dorothea benton frank was born and grew up on sullivan s island in south carolina. The main characters of this fiction, womens fiction story are susan hayes. Sullivans island is the fiction, thriller, divorce, literature, grief, paranormal and redemption novel which tells the story of a middleaged wife who is betrayed by her husband.
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