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Chargement... Full of Gracepar Dorothea Benton Frank
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I was looking for books set around Hilton Head and landed on this. I couldn’t make it through. I tried. It sounds awful, but I could not make myself care about these characters. The plot was also pretty predictable. ( ) I love the way Frank was able to put such detail and really, so much of herself, in her characters. Grace certainly sounded like Frank---especially having recently read Reunion Beach---short stories in honor of her after her passing. Not being affiliated with any group of the "religiously organized"---I was fascinated with how much Grace---well, Frank---wrote about Catholics. The religious debates between Grace and Father John were delightful-----were they accurate? I have no idea but I thought they were handled in a great way for someone like me to read. Other readers have expressed the composition of the book better than I have....eg., echarles18 Quite different for Dorothea Benton Frank. While there is talk of the beach, food and family, there's more serious issues going on here. Grace loves her family but has little to nothing in common with them. Her family is very religious, she is agnostic. Her family is very traditional, she lives with her boyfriend with no plans to marry. Because her boyfriend is a scientist, an atheist, possibly commitment phobic and Irish, Grace's are ta don't like him. They dislike him having never met him. But he is the love of Grace's life and he gets a frightening diagnosis that forces some major changes in Grace's life. I enjoyed that the story revolves around an Italian family. I'm Italian too and I definitely recognized some of the people in the books and definitely their food. I was definitely very frustrated with her parents treatment of Grace and Michael but everyone in the story grows a lot by the end. I enjoyed the story and appreciate how the story makes you think about everything the characters are going through. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The rich atmosphere of South Carolina, Hilton Head and Charleston, is brought vividly to life by Dorothea Benton Frank, a South Carolina native who, with her exquisitely evocative prose, makes you smell the sea air, see the palmettos, and savor the sweet tea, but this time it comes with a side of antipasti. Hilton Head, a South Carolina retirement heaven-at least it's supposed to be, but for Big Al and Connie Russo, the move from New Jersey to this southern paradise has been fraught with just a few complications. Especially for their daughter, Grace.Well, that's what she likes to be called. Her family insists on Maria Graziella. Seriously, enough with the Neapolitan. That might have been okay in New Jersey, but now it's just plain silly, and Grace at thirty-two is, horror of horrors, still unmarried. No wonder her family drives her crazy. Well, that and the fact that she's living with the man she would marry if they both weren't so commitment phobic. Michael is a doctor and a scientist and Grace is pretty sure he's also an atheist. Over the years, Grace has become a bit ambivalent about her faith, but her family is as old-fashioned Italian as they come. So the stage is set for a major showdown that just might change Grace's outlook on life, family, and the New South. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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