First, I'm so proud of myself that I have wrote 200 blog posts since I first started this blog three or four years ago. Granted I know they aren't the best posts! This is my own private celebration since I have all of four readers! Ha ha! 200 is a milestone for my boring little blog but I intend to hopefully freshen things up better design wise and plan posts in advance in the future. Happy 200th Post!
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A few weeks ago, my coworker took me to the book sale at her husband's library. It was fabulous and probably one of the best book sales I have ever been to recently. There was an excellent selection of trade paperbacks for popular authors, which I find myself reading so much more in the summer. I bought a bag of trade paperbacks that I could't wait to delve into. My summer reading list has pretty much gone by the wayside. Anyways, I picked up two Dorothea Benton Frank books since I had enjoyed Hurricane Sisters so much. I finished Pawley's Island yesterday and am reading Folly's Beach currently.
I wasn't quite sure what to expect with Pawley's Island but it was wonderful. It was such a distraction this weekend though and I struggled to work on my to-do list because all I wanted to do was read. My reward was that every time I crossed something off my to-do list I could read a chapter. I finished the book in two days. At the end I was disappointed, again I felt like I had lost some old friends because I felt so close to Abigail, Huey and Rebecca. Frank's books make me want to travel to Charleston and the Lowcountry now.
In the book, Abigail Thurmond retreats to her family house on Pawley's Island after the untimely deaths of her husband and son and following her departure from a successful law career. The story begins approximately three years later. Abigail spends her time playing golf and tennis, dwelling on the past and accompanying her best friend, Huey to all of the social events in the area. This lifestyle continues until the day that Huey hires a young artist named Rebecca to frame at his gallery. Through the inquisitive nature of Huey's mother, Miss Olivia, it is discovered that Rebecca has some troubles of her own. Her husband has filed custody of their two children, kicked her out of the house and is awaiting divorce proceedings for no apparent reason other than he states she is unfit mother.
Huey, Abigail and Miss Olivia will stop at nothing to find justice for their new friend and her children. The soon-to-be ex-husband, Nat, is part-owner in his family's successful car business, so he has money to make sure that he gets his way and that his wife is out of his and his children's lives forever. What Nat doesn't know is that Abigail is a former divorce lawyer with a number of tricks up her sleeve. What Abigail doesn't know is that this trial is exactly what she needs to realize that she is loved. Her ideal lifestyle tucked away on Pawley's might not have been as ideal when she believes and that she is capable of overcoming the death of her family with the help of her close friends and boyfriend and finding happiness again.
This book is an excellent summer read but unlike some this book has a well-thought out plot and likable characters. I would recommend this book to anyone who has read the Hurricane Sisters. It's an older title, so I bet you could stop by your local library and pick it up today!
Happy Reading!
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