All Summer Long, Dorothea Benton Frank
All Summer Long, Dorothea Benton Frank
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All Summer Long
A Novel

Bestseller

Author: Dorothea Benton Frank

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/31/2016


Synopsis

Dorothea Benton Frank novels are filled with smart and witty fiction that every reader wants on their bookshelf: soulful, edgy stories about realistic characters familiar to us all that explore the most deeply felt moments of life with wry humor and heart.All Summer Long follows one charming New York couple – prominent interior designer Olivia Ritchie and her husband Nicholas Seymour, an English professor and true southern gentleman.  They are seemingly polar opposites, yet magnetically drawn together and in love for more than fourteen years.As they prepare to relocate to Charleston, S.C., Olivia, the ultimate New Yorker, has reservations about the promise she made to retire in the Lowcountry, where Nick wants to return home and lead a more peaceful life.  They are moving north to south, fast pace versus slow pace and downsizing.  Nick is ecstatic.  Olivia is not.   She can’t let Nick know that their finances are not what he thought.   Her client list is evaporating, their monetary reserves are dwindling and maybe that house she picked out on Sullivans Island needs too much work.  Thank God, for her assistant, Roni Larini, her right (and sometimes left) hand. As they find themselves pondering the next step of their lives, Olivia and Nick travel with her billionaire clients and their friends and are swept up into the world of the ultra-rich and explore the globe with a cast of zany eccentrics over one tumultuous, hot summer. All as Olivia grapples with what lies ahead for her and Nick.This is a story of how plans evolve and lives change in unexpected ways, how even those who have everything are still looking for something more.  Even the most successful people can often struggle to keep things together.  All Summer Long asks the ultimate question: can money buy happiness?  From Sullivans Island to Necker Island to Nantucket to the beaches of Southern Spain, we’ll come to recognize the many faces of true love, love that deepens and endures but only because one woman makes a tremendous leap of faith. And that leap changes everything. 

About Dorothea Benton Frank

New York Times bestseller Dorothea Benton Frank was born and raised on Sullivans Island, South Carolina. Until her passing in 2019, Dorothea and her husband split their time between New Jersey and South Carolina. A contemporary voice of the South, Dorothea Benton Frank was beloved by fans and friends alike since her debut novel Sullivans Island. Readers from coast to coast fell for the quick wit and the signature humor that permeated her many bestselling novels.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda on June 14, 2016

Very disappointing. Not much of story, unlikeable characters, too much about the terrible wealthy characters and way too many exclamation points.......more

Goodreads review by Eva • All Books Considered on June 03, 2016

Review originally posted at All Books Considered: 2.5 STARS I suppose I had high expectations since this was my first from this author and I'd heard nothing but amazing things about her. But this book . . . really didn't work for me. Ostensibly, it's about Olivia, an interior designer for Manhatt......more

Goodreads review by Kathie on June 21, 2016

What a disappointment! I've always looked forward to Frank's annual book that features the Lowcountry of South Carolina and often a cast of quirky characters. In fact, I've read all of them from Sullivan's Island on through, a guilty summer pleasure of mine. But it looks like I will have to cultivat......more

Goodreads review by (NurseLisa) Square Granny on July 12, 2016

I just adore anything by Dorthea Benton Frank! I really found myself completely "sucked in" with All Summer Long...the story, the characters, all of it. Hopelessly addicted in seconds! ☺️......more

Goodreads review by Kym on August 26, 2020

I'm a native Charlestonian, so I thought this would be an ideal read for the summer. After I reached Chapter 2 however, I thought this was simply too much of a snobbish, opulent, and privileged narrative for me. Throughout many paragraphs, it felt too deliberate in the life and drama of the rich. Th......more