LOW COUNTRY SUMMER

LOW COUNTRY SUMMER by Dorothea Benton Frank

From Publishers Weekly:

Here's one for the Southern gals as well as Yankees who appreciate Frank's signature mix of sass, sex, and gargantuan personalities.  In this long-time-coming sequel to Plantation, opinionated and family-centric Caroline Wimbly Levine has just turned 47, but she's less concerned with advancing middle age than she is with son Eric shacking up with an older single mom.  She's also dealing with a drunk and disorderly sister-in-law, Frances Mae; four nieces from hell; grieving brother Tripp; a pig-farmer boyfriend with a weak heart; and a serious crush on the local sheriff.  Then there's Caroline's dead-but-not-forgotten mother, Miss Lavinia, whose presence both guides and troubles Caroline as she tries to keep her unruly family intact and out of jail.  With a sizable cast of minor characters with major attitude, Frank lovingly mixes a brew of personalities who deliver nonstop clashes, mysteries, meltdowns, and commentaries; below the always funny theatrics, however, is a compelling saga of loss and acceptance.

I get a kick out of Ms. Frank's books.  Full of great characters and plenty of fun, with some romance and a little sadness thrown in for good measure.  Plus lots of good Southern cooking!  What more could you want?

My library finally got on the bandwagon and now has books for the Kindle available.  This was the first one I borrowed.  It took some effort and a lot of mouse-clicking, but I finally got it downloaded.  Now I have to figure out how to get it back to the library!