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Porch Lights
Porch Lights | Dorothea Benton Frank
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New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank is back home in the Carolina lowcountry, spinning a tale that brims with the warmth, charm, heart, and humor that has become her trademark. Porch Lights is a stirring, emotionally rich multigenerational storya poignant tale of life, love, and transformationas a nurse, returning to Sullivans Island from the Afghanistan War, finds her life has been irrevocably altered by tragedyand now must rediscover love and purpose with the help of her son and aging mother. An evocative visit to enchanting Sullivans Island with its unique pluff mud beaches, palmetto trees, and colorful local lorea novel filled with unforgettable characters, and enlivened by tales of the notorious Blackbeard and his bloodthirsty pirate crew and eerie Edgar Allan Poe storiesPorch Lights stands tall among the very best works of not only Dottie Frank, but Anne Rivers Siddons, Rebecca Wells, Pat Conroy, and other masters of the modern Southern novel as well.
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TheBookgeekFrau
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Eggs Love Dorothea❣️ 3w
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs me too! Luckily, I still have a few older books of hers I haven't read yet! 3w
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SilversReviews
Porch Lights | Dorothea Benton Frank
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Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#GRATEFULHARVEST
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

Today‘s Prompt: PORCH

Leave the light on for me.

PORCH LIGHTS was a book about caring, family, healing, and a book that will steal your heart in more ways than one…https://tinyurl.com/965dmvs

@TheSpineView - loved when I saw that you used the same prompt. 😊 I did a double take and said: Wait…did I post already? LOL!!

Eggs Brilliantly done 👍🏼🥰👏🏻 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📚♥️🧡 3y
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TheSpineView
Porch Lights | Dorothea Benton Frank
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SilversReviews This is the book I‘m using too. 😀😀😀 3y
SilversReviews @TheSpineView 😊 Fun to see it!! 3y
Eggs Excellent choice👏🏻🥰👍🏼 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📚♥️🧡 3y
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Judybskt
Porch Lights | Dorothea Benton Frank
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My daughter helped transform our porch from a mud room/catch-all area for sports equipment into a fun place to relax! I see lots of reading getting done here!!

BookNAround It‘s lovely! 4y
mamareading It looks great!! 4y
TheSpineView I love porches! She gets an A+! 😍😊👍🌞 4y
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PurpleTulipGirl
Porch Lights | Dorothea Benton Frank
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Jackie‘s husband dies and she takes their son to spend the Simm with her parents. There, they spend time healing and coming to terms with their grief. Jackie finds herself questioning her future when her son is unhappy about returning home. Meanwhile, Jackie‘s parents wonder if their own marriage can be saved after 11 years apart.

Audiobook made for a nice diversion while driving. Good, but not great, book.

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MaddieLongoria
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I really enjoyed this book. Sweet with a little sad mixed in. A great summer beach read.

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Kboltz
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Good fast reading for days in the pool. Jackie‘s husband dies in NYC and she takes her son Charlie to Sullivan‘s island to move away for a bit to go back to the South and her family. Love summer southern reads🐠

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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Bailedbailed

Beautiful weather last few days. I've been so busy digging in the dirt, I only read 3 Chapters of this before Book Club. Afterwards just couldn't get into it. Maybe another time? Bailing for now.

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ErinC
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Spring is definitely here so we got our porch ready for reading! Including a comfy new loveseat. I'll be spending a lot of time here!

Julsmarshall Lovely spot! 8y
LectricSheep Looks perfect! 8y
BekahB That looks like a wonderful reading space! 8y
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Bklover What a perfect reading spot! 8y
Pelican71 Nice space. Happy reading! 8y
Coleen Love this! 8y
Onceuponatime I'd love to spend the day there! 8y
DivineDiana Very nice! I would too! 😀📚 8y
MyNamesParadise Omg that looks amazing!! Can I read there too? 😜📚📖 8y
christineandbooks Wonderful spot! 8y
aa_guer2021 That looks like a wonderful spot!! 8y
CouronneDhiver Very nice! 8y
LeahBergen 😍😍 8y
minkyb Very nice! 8y
Lmstraubie So cozy! 8y
suomi Perfect reading spot!😍 8y
ErinC @MyNamesParadise - if you're ever in Omaha... :). (edited) 8y
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stacybmartin
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My comfy bench on the front porch is one of my favorite #outside reading places. The other is my chaise lounge in the backyard but it's currently stored for winter. I can't wait for the weather to warm up! #riotgrams #day12 #catchup

Gissy Pretty! 😍 8y
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Jmoist
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I haven't read any Dorthea Benton Frank books in quite a while. This one reminded me how much I enjoy her. I have some catching up to do.

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Marla
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Listening to books at work helps the hours go by. Right now enjoying Porch Lights after finishing Finding Jake this morning.

WordWaller Always so jealous of anyone who can listen to or read books while at work! They should really play audiobooks at bookstores occasionally--it would be good marketing for the book if there's no spoilers! 😉 haha 9y
Mariposa_Bookworm I didn't think I would like Dorothea Benton Frank, the I read The Last Original Wife. It was such an enjoyable read! 9y
Marla @WordWaller that is a fantastic idea. Kind of like Muzak but 5 minutes of reading the book. They could mention the title and author too. 9y
WordWaller @Marla yeah!! 9y
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