Shem Creek (Lowcountry Tales) | Dorothea Benton Frank | Captivatingly Honest Life Stories

Shem Creek (Lowcountry Tales) | Dorothea Benton Frank | Frank's Best Book Yet !!!

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Shem Creek (Lowcou...

	Shem Creek (Lowcountry Tales) Dorothea Benton Frank Berkley Trade, 2006 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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The New York Times bestseller takes readers back to the Lowcountry.

Captivatingly Honest Life Stories

While Shem Creek is located on the east coast, it could be anywhere by the writing style and characters. Any small town could have a Linda and a Brad. They are heartwarming characters that bite into American History and leave you wanting more. While their lives are filled with the same daily crisis as all others, they survive. A story woven with tried and true details is told tongue in cheek, edging on humor, and bordering on benign, this story is told with an honest love of people and life.

I found the details of their lives to be interestingly naive, and yet on a deeper level, there was simply more. Everyone had a past, and baggage was carried well by each character in the story. Much like real life - each person was complete with a past, a present, and a future. You sat on the edge of your seat reading to the next detail, hoping it followed along.

Surprises in the book were many, people didn't stay true to form, but created their own meandering path through life, as we each do in real life. I enjoyed the tender moments, the laughter, and the sadness that I found in the book - all very much related to life in a small town.

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Frank's Best Book Yet !!!

As always, Dorothea Frank has proven her ability to transport readers to a wonderful place.Her Lowcountry Tales take us to places that are inhabited by folks we feel we want to know better-or those whom we feel we've known all our lives! Linda Breeland is just my kind of woman. She's filled with the ability to figure out what will work for her when difficulties are present, then getting down to the work of making life work out well for herself and those who matter to her. --- And who wouldn't just love to know and be related to Mimi?! --- Then, there's Brad-Wonderful Brad! It's exciting to meet the characters and to be a fly on the wall. --- Dorothea, I feel like I know you and a real treat would be to get to know you when you're on tour. You're a great writer and my friends and I can't wait till your next book goes into print!

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Love, love ,love this author

Dorethea Benton Frank writes about an area of the country I love, in a style I love...Who could ask for more?

Hard to put down.

I started to read this book in 2006 and found, as a Yankee, the flow was difficult to follow. I read Sullivan's Island one week ago while on vacation and fell in love with Ms. Frank's flow, ease and voice. Finishing Sullivan's Island was difficult b/c I of the time I enjoyed being in Charleston and Sullivan's Island with Susan, Maggie and their family/history. However, I immediately picked up Shem Creek and instantly fell into the, now familiar, rhythm and flow of Ms. Frank's voice. She has a wonderful and easy way of lulling one into her family to the point you do not want to leave. I am now halfway through Shem Creek and find it very hard to put down. Thankfully I am still on vacation and will not have to abandon Shem Creek for another day or two. I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the inclusion of characters from Sullivan's Island and Isle of Palms who have visited Shem Creek.

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