full of grace
by Dorothea Benton Frank
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Author: Dorothea Benton FrankEdition: Paperback
Published: 2008-07-01
ISBN: 0061374539
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Avon A
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Book Review: A departure from Frank's other novels...
Summary: 3 Stars
I am a big fan of Dorthea Benton Frank...as a GRIT (girl raised in the south!) myself, I love Southern fiction and especially those about the SC Lowcountry as most of Frank's books are set.
"Grace" however was quite a different read for me....I enjoyed most of the story but by the end, she lost me with too much religious coincidence and general hokiness. I did really enjoy the story of the Italian family transplated to Hilton Head Island (where I've vacationed quite a bit) and their interactions. Frank seemed to nail the Italian family pretty well, although some of the characters were a bit stereotypical, but some of her descriptions literally had me laughing out loud.
But the parallel plot of the main character's boyfriend's severe illness and how he is miraculously cured was just too hokey and unbelievable for me. It wrapped up a bit too easily and tidily and was just not realistic. I get what Frank was trying to accomplish by this but for me, it was just a bit of overkill.
But overall, I enjoyed the book as I have most of her other books but it was not a favorite. It was an easy read and entertaining but again, a little too much focus on hokey spiritual/religious images.
If you really want a good Frank read, try "Sullivan's Island" or "Isle of Palms," two of my favorites that better depict the true flavor of the SC Lowcountry culture.
Summary of full of grace
The move from New Jersey to Hilton Head, South Carolina, wasn't easy for the Russo family—difficult enough for Big Al and Connie, but even harder for their daughter Maria Graziella, who insists on being called Grace. At thirty-one and still, shockingly, unmarried, Grace has scandalized her staunchly traditional Italian family by moving in with her boyfriend Michael—who, though a truly great guy, is agnostic, commitment-phobic, a scientist, and (horror of horrors) Irish!
Grace adores her parents even though they drive her crazy—and she knows they'd love Michael if they got to know him, but Big Al won't let him into their house. And so the stage is set for a major showdown—which, along with a devastating, unexpected crisis and, perhaps, a miracle or two, just might change Grace's outlook on love, family, and her new life in the new South.
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