Full of Grace
by Dorothea Benton Frank (Goodreads author!)
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Read in July, 2008
I bought this one on a whim, and it turned out to be a pretty good summer read. The main character has to reconcile her love for her staunchly Catholic family with the love of her life who is Irish, agnostic, and a stem-cell reasearch doctor. I enjoyed it mainly because I identified with the Italian family aspects. Catholics would especially enjoy it, in fact, I started to wonder if Dorthea Benton Frank was the Anita Stansfield of Catholicism. I guess that statement alone will make all my...more
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
someone who has nothing else to read
If you are struggling with your spirituality, by all means read this book, otherwise leave it alone. I picked this book up because there was a blurb on the cover by Pat Conroy and I truly appreciate HIS work. Turns out this author is friends with Pat's wife. Anyway...back to the book. I found it exhausting, because it was hard to tell what the point of the novel was. Was this about a struggle with the catholic church? Was it about coping with a loved one's diagnosis of cancer? Was it abou...more
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Read in June, 2006
Ms. Frank writes about Charleston, SC and the people there. I enjoy her stories so much. I have been to Charleston a few times and find it a fascinating place. She is a great writer for light, entertaining, escape type stories. Women are always her main characters and they always end up learning so much about themselves by the conclusion of her tales. I love the southern culture and especially the southern "beach" culture. It's a world unto it's own and so fun to read about. It'...more
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Read in May, 2008
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Lori
One of mom's pool peeps had this book in a stack of things for me to read. I'll be honest, when I started it I groaned inwardly thinking, "oy! this isn't going to be good..." Well, by the time the main character got back from Sardinia I was hooked. Humor and sarcasm combined with serious situations and faith... a definte read. I can think of so many people I would hope would read it and like it. REALLY GOOD. Did I mention that I laughed out loud and cried too? I'm glad it dropped into
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Read in September, 2007
A vivid story of an Italian-Catholic familiy, the daughter who has given up on faith and her "baby-killing" lapsed Irish-Catholic live-in boyfriend. This story is about faith, losing it, struggling with it and finding it again. It was well done rather than trite and even the miracles were believable. The one thing I wish had been handled in more detail was the mother's secret. It was alluded to through out the story, but abruptly revealed at the end.
Over all, a good read.
Over all, a good read.
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I love her books and rush to get them when they arrive.
I really liked it.It was different but so enjoyable.She has a lot of conflict about the Catholic church and stem cell research. The thing I love about her books is that you live them, not just read them. I could picture Michael, Grace and the Italian family. I could smell the food in the kitchen and loved the dialogue of the family. I think her books are a fun trip to another place. And I love that in a book.
I really liked it.It was different but so enjoyable.She has a lot of conflict about the Catholic church and stem cell research. The thing I love about her books is that you live them, not just read them. I could picture Michael, Grace and the Italian family. I could smell the food in the kitchen and loved the dialogue of the family. I think her books are a fun trip to another place. And I love that in a book.
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Read in September, 2007
Thanks Kelly for recommending this author. I really enjoyed Full of Grace, definitely a good summer read. Dorothea Benton Frank is kind of like the female Nicholas Sparks. I'm moving onto Isle of Palms - the bookstore I went to was out of Sullivan's Island, but that's be next up.
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I'm with Carly, my least favorite of Dorothea's books... the lowcountry setting is not evident enough to make me love it!!
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I keep reading Frank's books, as she writes about the particular South in which I'm interested, and this is my favorite, as she seems to have reduced the exclamation point quotient quite a bit from previous books.
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Read in April, 2007
Grace Russo lives with Michael Higgins who is not accepted by her Italian Catholic family until his life is threatened by brain tumor. On her tour job, he undergoes a miracle cure at church in Mexico City.
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If you love the South, Italian food, stories about family dynamics all with a touch of faith, you'll like this book as well as I did! I've read a number of books by this author and have enjoyed them all.
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Read in January, 2008
Started out strong.....but really fizzled out in the last 1/4 of the book....became very annoying
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I tend to collect authors, I find a book I like and then have to read everything they wrote. I have never been disappointed in any of this author's books. Perfect for a Sunday afternoon read.
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Read in May, 2008
A wonderful book .. I can't say much without giving away the whole story, but it is nothing like you imagine it to be when you start out reading. A great way to spend a weekend!
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Read in February, 2008
This was ok - I liked it better throught the first 3/4 of the book - the end seemed very predictable. It wan't what i expected though so it held my interest thought most of it.
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Read in September, 2006
A young woman runs away to South Carolina to escape life, only to make a new one for herself. A typical Dorothea Benton Frank lowcountry novel. What's not to love?
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Read in January, 2008
Grace and her scientist boyfriend come to believe that miracles can happen and that God is real. Interestingly written by one of my favorite secular authors.
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Read in January, 2007
This book is a bit different than her others, but I still enjoyed it. It has a bit of a supernatural story line (not sure if that's the best description)...
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Read in July, 2007
I thought this book was hilarious. I loved the character of Nona and I really felt like I knew the characters. I can't wait to read more of her books.
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Read in April, 2008
A little different from her usual Island books but still a good read and still based in Charleston. Keep the tissue handy.
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