YCReads

Dorothea Benton Frank’s newest book is a departure.. it’s set in NEW YORK CITY…. of course the main character is from South Carolina and travels back to Sullivan’s Island at least three times during the book, but still NEW YORK CITY. 
Mariam Swanson is dissatisfied with her life.  She converted her townhouse into apartments after her divorce, she has alienated her two grown sons and she lives a bitter life trying to maintain the social status she enjoyed as a married woman.  In the course of the book she decides she no longer wants to be the person she has become and sets about changing herself and her circumstances.  Along with the visits to Sullivan’s Island, the highlight of the book is the wedding of her oldest son.  The wedding is a happy time,  giving her a chance to reconnect with her sons, their wives and children.  Sullivan’s Island is the Land of Mango Sunsets mentioned in the title.  It refers to watching the sunset over the water as the sun goes  glaring to a fabulous red orange.  The book is ultimately about love.  Love of parents, of children, of friends, of place and of yourself.

Karen - Fort Mill                                                           ISBN  9780060892388