The Hurricane Sisters, Dorothea Benton Frank
The Hurricane Sisters, Dorothea Benton Frank
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The Hurricane Sisters
A Novel

Bestseller

Author: Dorothea Benton Frank

Narrator: Robin Miles

Unabridged: 10 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/03/2014


Synopsis

Hurricane season begins early and rumbles all summer long, well into September. Often people's lives reflect the weather and The Hurricane Sisters is just such a story.Once again New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank takes us deep into the heart of her magical South Carolina Lowcountry on a tumultuous journey filled with longings, disappointments, and, finally, a road toward happiness that is hard earned. There we meet three generations of women buried in secrets. The determined matriarch, Maisie Pringle, at eighty, is a force to be reckoned with because she will have the final word on everything, especially when she's dead wrong. Her daughter, Liz, is caught up in the classic maelstrom of being middle-age and in an emotionally demanding career that will eventually open all their eyes to a terrible truth. And Liz's beautiful twenty-something daughter, Ashley, whose dreamy ambitions of her unlikely future keeps them all at odds.Luckily for Ashley, her wonderful older brother, Ivy, is her fierce champion but he can only do so much from San Francisco where he resides with his partner. And Mary Beth, her dearest friend, tries to have her back but even she can't talk headstrong Ashley out of a relationship with an ambitious politician who seems slightly too old for her.Actually, Ashley and Mary Beth have yet to launch themselves into solvency. Their prospects seem bleak. So while they wait for the world to discover them and deliver them from a ramen-based existence, they placate themselves with a hare-brained scheme to make money but one that threatens to land them in huge trouble with the authorities.So where is Clayton, Liz's husband? He seems more distracted than usual. Ashley desperately needs her father's love and attention but what kind of a parent can he be to Ashley with one foot in Manhattan and the other one planted in indiscretion? And Liz, who's an expert in the field of troubled domestic life, refuses to acknowledge Ashley's precarious situation. Who's in charge of this family? The wake-up call is about to arrive.The Lowcountry has endured its share of war and bloodshed like the rest of the South, but this storm season we watch Maisie, Liz, Ashley, and Mary Beth deal with challenges that demand they face the truth about themselves. After a terrible confrontation they are forced to rise to forgiveness, but can they establish a new order for the future of them all?Frank, with her hallmark scintillating wit and crisp insight, captures how a complex family of disparate characters and their close friends can overcome anything through the power of love and reconciliation. This is the often hilarious, sometimes sobering, but always entertaining story of how these unforgettable women became The Hurricane Sisters.

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 Elaine on January 30, 2015

This is a family drama centred around three generations of women and their relationships with each other. Maisie – 80 year old grandmother, living with a man 15 years younger than her. She loves her family but has something of a strange relationship with daughter Liz. Liz – mother of Ashley and Ivy. H......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on June 04, 2014

Review also posted on imainlinefiction.blogpsot.com Reading a book by Dorothea Benton Frank is like sitting on your comfy couch, wearing your jammies and sipping a glass of good wine. It just feels good! in the Hurricane Sisters, we meet three generations of women all of whom are going through a cris......more

Goodreads review by Cammie on August 03, 2020

I'm really surprised that this is the first Dorothea Benton Frank book that I've read considering my penchant for beach settings and beach reads. Needless to say, I'll be adding more DBF to my TBR ASAP. Not only is The Hurricane Sisters set on a beach but also in the South which is another setting t......more

Goodreads review by Margaret on July 15, 2014

Oh, dear. After rating The Last Original Wife as only 1 star, I had hoped for much more when I saw that Frank had another island book out. While she seems to be trying to get back on track as the author who wrote such beautiful and tender stories that could make me laugh and cry with characters so r......more