by Dorothea Benton Frank (Author)
Anna Lutz Abbot considers herself independent and happy, until one steamy summer when she must find a way to deal with the secrets of her unpredictable family-and her past.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Penguin USA
Published: 04 Jan 2005
ISBN 10: 0425200108
ISBN 13: 9780425200100
Entertaining...Garrulous, engaging Anna's a treat, talking up a storm about life in the South Carolina Low Country as she makes her second coming of age. Really, it's best just to take Anna's initial advice--sit back, relax, sip some sweet tea and listen up. She's got a story to tell. --The Orlando Sentinel
[A] page-turner. --St. Petersburg Times
Beneath the Fannie Flagg-style jocularity and small town anecdotes lies a more serious subject: loneliness. Credit this unlikely cast of characters with having the strength to form unconventional loving relationships, an ad hoc family of sorts, to fill the void left by their less-than-perfect biological ones. Upbeat and uplifting, Anna's song is one of hope in the face of modern realities for all those whose dreams have been derailed by circumstance. --The Fort Myers News-Press