My Magnolia Summer: A Novel
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Escape to the South Carolina Lowcountry, where family bonds and hidden secrets run deep. In this gripping tale of self-discovery, Victoria Benton Frank introduces us to Maggie, struggling to find her place in the world when she receives a phone call bringing her back to her hometown of Sullivan's Island.
In New York City winter never seems to loosen its hold and for South Carolina transplant Maggie (born Magnolia after the fairest summer flower) the balmy beach weather of April back home on Sullivanโs Island feels like a distant memory. Until a phone call from her sister, Violet, changes everything.
Gran, the treasured matriarch, has fallen into a coma after a car accident caused by Maggieโs troubled mother, Lily. But once Maggie returns, she finds that her hometown of Sullivanโs Island holds even more secrets. The Magic Lantern, the restaurant owned and run by generations of women in her family, is now rudderless, and her sister seems headed for a savage breakup.
Once she is between the marsh grasses and dunes ofย South Carolina, she feels herself changing like the Atlantic tides, rediscovering the roots she left behind, and a new and different version of herselfโone who can see how a minor crash into the back of a very handsome farmerโs truck may become fortunate. Or perhaps itโs evenโฆ fate?
When the three generations of South Carolina women join forcesโthe family pillar Gran, troubled Lily, impulsive Violet, and redoubtable Maggieโanything is possible.ย
With stunning descriptions of the magic of the Lowcountry, this novel will transport you to a world of treasured family traditions and unexpected twists of fate.
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Victoria Benton Frank was born in New York City, raised in Montclair, New Jersey, but considers herself to have dual residency in the Lowcountry. She is a graduate of the College of Charleston and the French Culinary Institute. Victoria worked in restaurants in New York before returning to Charleston, South Carolina, which she considers home, with her husband, two kids, and a giant mutt. When she isnโt writing, she is reading, cooking, or chasing her children.
