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In Lowcountry Summer, Caroline Wimbley Levine comes home to Tall Pines Plantation only to find herself at the center of a web of old hurts, betrayals and hidden truths that have shaped her family’s history. As the queen of the plantation, Caroline’s late mother left a powerful legacy in whose shadow Caroline must now decide who will carry the mantle forward. Set against the verdant backdrop of the South Carolina Lowcountry and the mighty Edisto River, Dorothea Benton Frank blends humor and poignancy to explore family dynamics, personal growth, and the enduring ties that bind a Southern lineage.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Dorothea Benton Frank
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