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Shem Creek: A Lowcountry Tale (Lowcountry Tales) by Dorothea Benton Frank
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Shem Creek: A Lowcountry Tale (Lowcountry Tales)

by Dorothea Benton Frank

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woman and 2 daughs. move back with sister to the lowcountry town of long ago. Wife dies....ex husb. remarries, mostly takes place in the backdrop of a restaurant where everyone ends of working and bonding. easy to read. ( )
hammockqueen | Aug 19, 2008 |  
Enjoyable
echarles18 | Jan 27, 2008 |  
Shem Creek by Dorothea Benton Frank is listed as another "Lowcountry Tale."  I really liked Sullivan's Island and was hoping for more of the same reading pleasure from Shem Creek; however, I was disappointed.  The writing in SHEM CREEK was choppy and poor.  Frank kept raising the tension level, leading a reader to think something significant was going to happen, and then...and then...nothing!  The mother/daughter relationship is central to the story again, but done far less well than in Sullivan's Island.  I had a real sense of place when reading Sullivan's Island, not so with Shem Creek - the story could have taken place almost anywhere along the coast--east or west. ( )
owlsfeathers | Oct 13, 2006 |  
While still an enjoyable read, Pawley's Island and Isle of Palms were better. The personal dialogue between Brad and Linda just didn't ring true. ( )
read4thefunofit | Mar 12, 2006 |  
Definitely not my favorite book by Ms Frank, but as always she makes her characters come to life. ( )
GeecheGirl | Nov 10, 2005 |  
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The new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Isle of Palms...

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