Robin Miles
1) Porch lights
Author
Series
Lowcountry tales (Dorothea Benton Frank) volume 10
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Jimmy McMullen, a fireman with the NYFD, is killed in the line of duty, his wife, Jackie, and ten-year-old son, Charlie, are devastated. Charlie idolized his dad, and now the outgoing, curious boy has become quiet and reserved. Trusting in the healing power of family, Jackie decides to return to her childhood home on Sullivans Island. Crossing the bridge from the mainland, Jackie and Charlie enter a world full of wonder and magic--lush green...
Author
Series
Lowcountry tales (Dorothea Benton Frank) volume 11
Language
English
Description
When an emotional hurricane blows through their lives, testing them in ways they never thought possible, 23-year-old Ashley Anne Waters, her mother Liz and Maisie, the family matriarch, must turn to each for strength and support as the bonds they share are ultimately transformed.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Experience the sultry Southern atmosphere of Atlanta and the magic of the Carolina Lowcountry in this funny and poignant tale of one audacious woman's quest to find the love she deserves, from New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank. Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesley's wildly successful Atlanta social set. His cronies have all traded in the mothers of their children they promised to love...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
344 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On the occasion of her 46th birthday, Caroline Wimbley Levine is concerned about filling the large shoes of her late, force-of-nature mother, Miss Lavinia, the former Queen of Tall Pines Plantation. Still, Caroline loves a challenge - and she simply will not be fazed by the myriad family catastrophes surrounding her. She'll deal with brother Trip's tricky romantic entanglements, son Eric and his mysterious girlfriend, and go toe-to-toe with alcoholic...
Author
Series
Lowcountry tales volume 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
The perennial New York Times bestselling author returns with an emotionally resonant novel that illuminates the power of friendship in women's lives, and is filled with her trademark wit, poignant and timely themes, sassy, flesh-and-blood characters, and the steamy Southern atmosphere and beauty of her beloved Carolina Lowcountry. Few writers capture the complexities, pain, and joy of relationships between friends, family members, husbands and wives,...
6) Folly Beach
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 358 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Returning to Folly Beach, her childhood home, newly widowed Cate Cooper, whose late husband's financial exploits have left her homeless and broke, discovers that it is possible to go home again and discover the person she was meant to become.
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
392 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Newly graduated from college and an aspiring writer, Beth Hayes craves independence and has a world to conquer. But notions of travel, graduate study, and writing the great American novel will have to be postponed. Beth is elected by her elders to house-sit the Island Gamble. Surrounded by the shimmering blue waters of the Atlantic, the white clapboards, silver tin roof, and confessional porch have seen and heard generations of Hamiltons. But will...