Pawleys Island

by Dorothea Benton Frank

Series: Lowcountry Tales (5)

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Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML:Dorothea Benton Frank presents a refreshingly honest and funny novel about friendship, family, and finding happiness by becoming who you're meant to be. Catapulted from her home, her marriage and her children, artist Rebecca Simms has come to Pawleys Island, South Carolina, to hide herself from herself. Little does she know that on this �arrogantly shabby� family playground, she�ll encounter three people who will change her life: a wise and irresistible octogenarian who will pry her secrets from her, a gallery owner who caters to interior decorators and heaven save us, tourists, and a retired attorney from Columbia who�s complacent in her fat and sassy life until Rebecca�s stormy advent...… (more)

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Somehow everything turns out perfectly. Liked how the lawyer, Abigail, considered all the possibilities and that all were needed. Thought that Rebecca would have done something a little bit more dramatic than what came out in court but liked the "inner makeup" idea. Nat's girlfriend and the doctor friend were a hoot. Loved how all the people on the island were such generous, wealthy nice people. (

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kshydog | Dec 13, 2020 |

Another story where a woman perseveres through a difficult time and comes out happy. (

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marciablnc | Jan 18, 2018 |

"How many things happen in our lives one inch at a time?" (

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kimkimkim | Aug 21, 2017 |

Here is a book that I was not sure about before I started reading it but I became totally immersed in it before it was through and wanted it to continue. Different people, well sketched out even to their flaws, make up this book. Naturally they live and work around Pawleys Island. The plot is interesting and it captivates you as you go through. Well done Dorthea.

J. Robert Ewbank author “John Wesley, Natural Man, and the Isms” “Wesley’s Wars” “To Whom It May Concern” and “Tell Me About the United Methodist Church” (

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whoizme8 | May 12, 2016 |

Pawleys Island, on the most basic level, is a feel good story about how relationships shape our lives. Rebecca is an aspiring artist adrift after an abusive husband turns her children against her and sends her packing. She comes to Pawleys Island to regroup. Once there she meets 3 people who will help change her life and give her the courage to fight for her children. (

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Dorothea Benton Frank CD Collection: Shem Creek, Pawleys Island by Dorothea Benton Frank

Pawleys Island [Abridged Audiobook] by Dorothea Benton Frank

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We return to hear the waves
rolling onto the beach
one after the other
connecting us like blood.

We were listening long
before we came here,
remembering wind
spinning salt
through interrupted sunlight.

This is a place
where dreams return
as fish bones
tangled in seaweed.

Whatever sorrows come
are folded into the sea,
rinsed clean and kept--
unbearable secrets.

--Marjory Heath Wentworth
South Carolina Poet Laureate

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Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML:Dorothea Benton Frank presents a refreshingly honest and funny novel about friendship, family, and finding happiness by becoming who you're meant to be.
Catapulted from her home, her marriage and her children, artist Rebecca Simms has come to Pawleys Island, South Carolina, to hide herself from herself. Little does she know that on this �arrogantly shabby� family playground, she�ll encounter three people who will change her life: a wise and irresistible octogenarian who will pry her secrets from her, a gallery owner who caters to interior decorators and heaven save us, tourists, and a retired attorney from Columbia who�s complacent in her fat and sassy life until Rebecca�s stormy advent...

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