The Land of Mango Sunsets

Dorothea Benton Frank

Feb 2018 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Her husband has left her for a lingerie model and her kids are busy with their own lives. But before Miriam Elizabeth Swanson can work herself up into a fury about it all, her newest tenant, Liz, arrives from Birmingham with plenty of troubles of her own.

Then Miriam meets a man named Harrison, who makes her laugh, makes her cry, and makes her feel like a brand-new woman. It's almost too much too soon, so Miriam's escapes to the enchanted and mysterious land of Sullivan's Island, deep in the low country of South Carolina, a place where she can finally get her head together - and perhaps figure out that pride is not what's going to keep her warm at night...

About the author

Dorothea Benton Frank was born and raised on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the Lowcountry Tales Series which includes the books Sullivan's Island and Plantation. Her title's have often made the Best Seller List such as: Porch Lights, The Last Original Wife, The Hurricane Sisters, All the Single Ladies, All Summer Long, Return to Sullivans Island, and Same Beach, Next Year. Dorothea Olivia Benton was born on Sept. 12, 1951, on Sullivan¿s Island. Her father, William, died when she was 4; her mother, Dorothea Cecilia Blanchard, was a homemaker who raised her children with the two men she married after Mr. Benton¿s death. After graduating from the Fashion Institute of America in Atlanta, she became a buyer for Kerrison¿s Department Store in Charleston and then an executive for a sportswear line in New York and San Francisco. After marrying Mr. Frank, an investment banker, in 1983, she left the fashion industry, had two children and raised money for various charities. She Shifted to writing novels because it suited her storytelling style. She was soon turning out a book a year. Dorothea Benton Frank passed away on September 2, 2019 at the age of 67.