Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank
    Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank
    Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank
    Audiobook11 hours

    Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank

    Written by Elin Hilderbrand, Adriana Trigiani, Patti Callahan Henry and

    Narrated by Susan Bennett

    4.5/5

    ()

    Switch to ebook

    About this audiobook

    In this warm and moving anthology, a group of bestselling authors and writers pay tribute to legendary, larger-than-life New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank and her literary legacy.

    Inspired by the title Dorothea Benton Frank planned for her next book—Reunion Beach—these close friends and colleagues channeled their creativity, admiration, and grief into stories and poems that celebrate this remarkable woman and her abiding love for the Lowcountry of her native South Carolina—a land of beauty, history, charm, and Gullah magic she so brilliantly brought to life in her acclaimed novels. 

    From Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author, a sequel to Summer of ’69.

    From Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author, comes a heartwarming, humorous interview from the hereafter with Pat Conroy and Dorothea Benton Frank, two beloved icons of Southern literature.

    From Patti Callahan, bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis and Surviving Savannah, comes The Bridemaids, a story about a trip to the South Carolina beach.

    From Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author, Mother and Child Reunion, a heartwarming story set under the warm South Carolina sun.

    Reunion Beach also features letters, short stories, poems, and essays from:

    • Mary Norris, New York Times bestselling author and staff writer for The New Yorker
    • Cassandra King Conroy, bestselling and award-winning author of Tell Me A Story
    • Nathalie Dupree, James Beard Award-winning cookbook author
    • Marjory Wentworth, former Poet Laureate of South Carolina
    • Gervais Hagerty, author of In Polite Company
    • Jacqueline Bouvier Lee, Peter Frank, Victoria Peluso, and William Frank

    Infused with Dorothea Benton Frank’s remarkable spirit, Reunion Beach is a literary homage and beautiful keepsake that keeps this dearly missed writer’s flame burning bright.

    Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateApr 27, 2021
    ISBN9780063048966
    Author

    Elin Hilderbrand

    Elin Hilderbrand is the author of The Island, Nantucket Nights, Summer People and The Blue Bistro, among others. She grew up in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a teaching/writing fellow. Her short fiction has appeared in Seventeen, The Massachusetts Review, and The Colorado Review. She lives with her husband, Chip Cunningham, and their two sons in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

    More audiobooks from Elin Hilderbrand

    Related to Reunion Beach

    Related audiobooks

    Anthologies For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      DEFINING Memories

      Aug 5, 2021

      DEFINING Memories
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Hardest Heartbreak

      Aug 23, 2022

      It’s been 40 years since Catherine and I started out as young actresses at drama school. Sharing the same silly sense of humour, we had so much fun, always trying to outdo each other with the next prank. Once, I sellotaped over the eyes of her mask,

      5 min read

    • Article

      My Best Friend

      Oct 1, 2020

      My Best Friend
      6 min read

    • Article

      Book Extract

      Jan 20, 2020

      My year off was also interesting, in that I didn’t feel any less loved, or cherished, or wanted. Why? Because my life is already rich with soulmates, and I got the chance to behold that. You don’t have to shag someone for them to be a soulmate. We do

      7 min read

    • Article

      Was I SECOND BEST?

      May 5, 2022

      Was I SECOND BEST?
      3 min read

    • Article

      Treasured Companions

      Jul 9, 2019

      She reached across my sheet music to direct my attention to our next soprano line. A bit surprised at this bold new girl I had not met, I nodded a reluctant thank you. What began during church youth-choir rehearsal in 1960 between two strong-willed t

      6 min read

    • Article

      FRIENDS Forever

      Dec 2, 2021

      FRIENDS Forever
      4 min read

    • Article

      ‘My Significant Other Other’

      Aug 20, 2021

      Michelle and I met when she came to London with my sister-in-law, Cathy, fresh out of Rhodes Journalism Department, with a backpack and wide eyes, wearing shweshwe dungarees. They ended up joining us in our orange Kombi camper for an unforgettable si

      6 min read

    • Article

      No Apologies: On Writing About My Mother’s Life

      Mar 15, 2021

      I am halfway through a first draft. On bad days, I long for the comforts of fiction: the anonymity, the deniability. The post No Apologies: On Writing About My Mother’s Life appeared first on The Millions.

      6 min read

    • Article

      The Ones We Sent Away

      Aug 7, 2023

      The Ones We Sent Away
      47 min read

    • Article

      Daisy’s Day In The Sun

      Jul 12, 2022

      Daisy’s Day In The Sun
      8 min read

    • Article

      Winning Letter

      May 31, 2024

      Lynette Strydom, I’m writing to partly answer your question about what happens to kids in orphanages (YOU Say, 16 May). Back in the ’60s I was one of those children here in Gauteng. Our place of safety had a mixture of children in need and juvenile d

      6 min read

    • Article

      The Last Friend on Earth

      May 4, 2023

      It was as if Doreen Saunders had been waiting for me, passing the time until my arrival. She might as well have been sitting in a rocking chair, knitting needles clicking, jam tarts cooling on the side, the door wide open, waiting for the next visito

      6 min read

    • Article

      Paul Simonon

      May 8, 2023

      Paul Simonon
      5 min read

    • Article

      Valentine Angels

      Dec 27, 2018

      Valentine Angels
      5 min read

    • Article

      Holding Out For A Hero

      Jun 3, 2024

      Holding Out For A Hero
      9 min read

    • Article

      WORDS Of Note!

      Dec 22, 2019

      WORDS Of Note!
      3 min read

    • Article

      Edith Bowman

      Mar 13, 2023

      Edith Bowman
      5 min read

    • Article

      Kay Mellor

      Mar 1, 2021

      Kay Mellor
      5 min read

    • Article

      Daniel Mays

      Feb 20, 2023

      Daniel Mays
      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Reunion Beach

    4.5/5

    51 ratings3 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      What a perfectly lovely book! I know all of those authors and what a wonderful tribute to Dorothea Bendon Frank with their short stories. I haven't directed my reading to short stories but after reading this book I may have to change my mind and try them again. And yes, the best part of the book was each author's description about her relationship with her friend, Dorothea---very special memories to share.
    • 5/5
      Of course 5 stars, how could it not be! I really need these talented authors who wrote the short stories to develop them into full novels, I would get a couple pages in and realize it want a whole book. It would blow my mind. And I loved the people and friends who added their own experiences with DBF, she will be so missed in our readers world but this book brought me a little clousure.
    • 5/5
      When Dorothea Benton Frank died at 67 years of ages in September, 2019. she left behind not only her family and many wonderful friends but also millions of loyal fans. We enjoyed her books set in the lowcountry of South Carolina and featuring strong women characters of all ages. She was planning her next book when she died and the title was Reunion Beach. A group of authors who loved her decided to put together a book in memory of her with the same title. This book features short stories from some of the best Southern authors writing today as well as remembrances from her editor, her son and daughter and husband. Before each story, each author shares a memory of Dottie and this entire book shares their memory of her sprit, her love of her family and friends and the literary legacy that she has left behind. If you haven't read her books, she left behind 20 memorable novels. I can't recommend a book for you because I loved them all! Reunion Beach is a beautiful memorial to a fantastic woman and writer who helped to bring the lowcountry alive for her readers.