Dorothea Benton Frank sets her stories in South Carolina and focuses on women. Her last book, The Hurricane Sisters, was a family saga and at the centre of her latest All the Single Ladies is a group of friends—all women over the age of fifty, the demographic that is so often ignored by popular fiction and cinema.
The three single women of the title are Lisa, Suzanne and Carrie; Lisa, who works as a nurse in an assisted living facility, meets the other two at the funeral of their mutual friend Kathy. Their friendship is sealed by their fight against Kathy’s horrid landlady, who wants to steal the dead woman’s belongings.
The women also bond over their single status, and their fondness for Suzanne’s wonderfully eccentric ninety-nine year old grandmother, Miss Trudie. Lisa and her cute pooch Pickle end up living at Miss Trudie’s sea-side home, when she is unexpectedly ousted from her rented house. The deep friendship that develops between the three, and the romance that enters their lives almost at the same time, are heartwarming. Dorothea Benton Frank’s books are emotional, humorous, have lovely descriptions of places and food. That’s why they are always on the bestseller lists.
All the Single Ladies
By Dorothea Benton Frank
Publisher: William Morrow.
Page: 368
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