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The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank
Have read many of the author's other works and have enjoyed them. This one starts out with Liz and her husband Clayton and they are bailing her mother out of jail for walking her llama on the street-he was on a leash LOL
Maisy- 80 years old now and her chaffeur aged 65 Skipper.
Clayton works in NYC and is not around at home much. Liz begins to see signs of infidelity...and she takes action.
Ashley is their daughter and she works at the art gallery and is an artist herself. She gets mixed up with a up and coming senator...Others contact her to watch out for his physical side..
Like how all of their relationships are in turmoil for different reasons and how they all resolved. Great to have all the resources listed at the end of the book, thanks.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).


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The Hurricane Sisters A Novel Dorothea Benton Frank 0201562132547 Books Reviews

I don't know what to say...But I'll try. Let's start with the Good.

No matter what, Dorothea Benton Frank's love for the Low Country, which I have never seen in person but feel I know so well from her books alone, shines through each and every book, and this one too. So, too, does the fact that she is a nice person. Nothing in her books is ever snarky or mean, and this one is no exception.

How about the plot? To me, it made very little sense Eighty-year-old Maisie has a 65-year-old live-in boyfriend. Possible? Yes...but could I believe it for one second? No. Absolutely not, for so many reasons, and not because I have any prejudice against 80-year-old women, believe me; I hope to become one! Her daughter, fifty-something Liz, is the quintessential put-upon Southern housewife--and yet she is also a high-powered fund raiser for battered women. I couldn't buy it, and every time the author went on a diatribe about battered women, a cause I FULLY SUPPORT, mind you--it made me impatient and more than a little bored. Liz as a mouthpiece took some suspension of belief! Then there is Ashley, portrayed as a strong, modern woman--who blindly falls in love with an almost cartoonishly abusive man because she has a fantasy of becoming the next Jackie Kennedy.

Whew.

Here's the thing...The reality and heartbreak of battered women is real, frightening, and horrible, and I applaud Ms. Frank's desire to champion their cause, just NOT in the middle of what is a beach read, plain and simple. Her plan backfired. My reaction was to become more and more impatient and negative about the cause in general. I'm sure she did not intend that reaction!

And, how could I forget this Liz and her husband Clayton kept reminding me of Les and Wes, the identical couple in "The Last Original Wife." I kept forgetting which book was which!

OK, all that having been said, I have loved Ms. Frank all these years, and cannot imagine giving her up. I feel guilty even giving her a "meh" review. As others have said, and I agree, authors these days are expected, and I expect it's in their contracts, to produce a book a year, whether they are ready or not. And the quality goes down exponentially with each book. "The Hurricane Sisters" is no exception.
It was a quick and shallow read. It felt choppy. I have read all of her previous books and this us my least favorite. The story line was vague, she could have done so much it. Left me wondering why I spent the money. Sadly disappointed after waiting so long for her new book.
have loved ms frank's books. but this one, although trying to make us more aware of abusive relationships which is a good thing, falls short. most of the dialogue was just plain silly. yes, I read it in one sitting, but it is not one of my favorite books by this author.
First let me say that no one captures the beauty of the South Carolina Lowcountry like Frank, but this book fell so far short of the mark it was just sad. Grandma Maisie was the only character who rang true, mom Liz was either a passionate champion for abused women or a door mat for her own husband. Daughter Ashley was a total airhead (24 years old and she has never heard of a porterhouse steak), who says awesome a lot and lets a guy treat her like trash because he might someday run for president and she wants to be first lady. The characters were flat and one dimensional and I honestly didn't care what happened to any of them. This author is capable of SO much more
The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank
Have read many of the author's other works and have enjoyed them. This one starts out with Liz and her husband Clayton and they are bailing her mother out of jail for walking her llama on the street-he was on a leash LOL
Maisy- 80 years old now and her chaffeur aged 65 Skipper.
Clayton works in NYC and is not around at home much. Liz begins to see signs of infidelity...and she takes action.
Ashley is their daughter and she works at the art gallery and is an artist herself. She gets mixed up with a up and coming senator...Others contact her to watch out for his physical side..
Like how all of their relationships are in turmoil for different reasons and how they all resolved. Great to have all the resources listed at the end of the book, thanks.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).