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White, Karen (Karen S.)
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Bookstores -- Fiction.
Folly Beach (S.C.) -- Fiction.
South Carolina -- Fiction.
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White, Karen (Karen S.)
Bookstores -- Fiction.
Folly Beach (S.C.) -- Fiction.
South Carolina -- Fiction.
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On
Folly
Beach
/ Karen White.
by
White, Karen (Karen S.)
NAL Accent, 2010.
Call #:
FICTION WHI
Subjects
Bookstores -- Fiction.
Folly
Beach
(S.C.) -- Fiction.
South Carolina -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780451229212 (trade pbk.)
Description:
390 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes conversation guide.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical referrences.
Summary:
Folly
Beach
, South Carolina, has survived despite hurricanes and war. But it's the personal battles of
Folly
Beach
's residents that have left the most scars, and why a young widow has been beckoned there to heal her own. To most people,
Folly
Beach
is simply the last barrier island before reaching the great Atlantic. To some, it's a sanctuary for lost souls, which is why Janie Hamilton's mother encourages her to buy the local bookstore,
Folly
's Finds, hoping it will distract Janie from the loss of her husband. Janie is at first resistant. So much has already changed. But after finding love letters and an image of a beautiful bottle tree in a box of used books from
Folly
's Finds, she decides to take the plunge. But the seller insists on one condition: Janie must allow Lulu, the late owner's sister, to continue selling her bottle trees from the store's backyard. For the most part Janie ignores Lulu, and sifts through the love letters. But the more she discovers about the letters, the more she understands Lulu. As details of a possible murder and a mysterious disappearance during World War II are revealed, the two women discover that circumstances beyond their control, sixty years apart, have brought them together, on
Folly
Beach
. And it is here that their war-ravaged hearts can find hope for a second chance.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
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1
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