Reviewed
by Stephanie Wright
If Sullivan’s Island, by new author Dorothy Benton Frank, is
any real indication of her talent, then we are all in for many moments of
reading pleasure. Combining wit and sarcasm in a way few authors are able to
do these days, Ms. Frank spins a tale that will make you wish for more.
Spend a couple of days in Charlestown and Sullivan’s Island, South
Carolina.
When Susan Hayes, a forty
something wife and mother is confronted with adultery at home and a little
too much sexual admiration in the workplace, she comes to find ways to deal
with and overcome them that will the reader giggle and offer a silent,
“You go girl!!” Hayes has to overcome problems from adultery, dealing
with a sometimes typical teenage daughter, to finding her own way to become
financially and emotionally independent. In addition Susan must cope with a
devastatingly frightening illness in the family while solving the riddle of
a painful past. In overcoming each challenge Susan grows as a person (and as
a character) with class and style.
Beautifully crafted, Sullivan’s Island is definitely a story
that both women, young and old will enjoy. Women will like it because it
deals with many real life “punch-you-in-the-face” crisis that can rear
their ugly faces in our daily lives. Young women that have not yet been
broadsided by many of life’s disasters will get something out of it
because it shows them that even though life hands you tough breaks, there is
a future after them. All you need is guts, will and determination to find
that life. Giving up, even when it seems you can’t get any lower, is not
an option.
