Shem Creek

by Dorothea Benton Frank

2005

Status

Available

Publication

Berkley Books (2005), Edition: 1st, 365 pages

Description

Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML:�??The strong pull of friendship, the leisurely pace of a tiny, waterfront Southern town, and the steady buildup of romance help buoy Frank�??s well-drawn, memorable characters�?� (Publishers Weekly) in this New York Times bestseller. Meet Linda Breland, single parent of two teenage daughters�??one of whom is headed off to college. Between that and the married men, the cold New Jersey winters, her pinched wallet, and her ex-husband who married a beautiful, successful woman ten years younger than she is�??let�??s just say Linda has seen enough to fill a thousand pages. Now she�??s bound for Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, the magical landscape of her ancestors. Welcomed by the help of her advice-dispensing sister and an intriguing ex�??investment banker turned restaurant owner, Linda slowly begins to find her way and realize that she, too, is entitle… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member BarbsReviews

This by far is my favorite book by D. Frank. I loved Susan, her sister Mimi and her girls Gracie and Lindsay. They were all a hoot. Brad and his gang made the story so wonderful to read. I could read this book again and again. Susan shows what a real single parent is like and how easy it can be to

start over. Just a lovely read all around.

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LibraryThing member Suzieqkc

Linda, a recently divorced mom from New Jersey, decides to move back to South Carolina to get her younger daughter away from the influence of tough friends. She gains a 'family' through her job as manager at a local restaurant and also has the benefit of living near her only sister. Pretty

predictable but entertaining. I enjoy reading about 'the low country' and recommend another author--Anne Rivers Siddons.

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LibraryThing member erinclark

This book is AWFUL. It is stupid, pointless and a huge waste of time. What dumb characters. There is no story here. Not recommended at all.

LibraryThing member cinnamonowl

I give this a book a meh, it was ok, hand wave. The parts I loved: the description of the area, the creek itself, the beach, the lifestyle the characters led, the cute boathouse on the water they lived in. I fell more in love with the idea of this book, I think, than the actual book itself. What I

didn't like: The crazy sudden relationship at the end between Linda and Brad- throughout most of the book you maybe got the sense that Linda was starting to develop a crush on Brad, but you didn't get the feeling that he reciprocated. I also was put off by the lack of concern for the environment in this book- the book is set in such a gorgeous area of the United States, the author makes a point to mention that it is being destroyed, but the only character who really cares about it is an extremist maniac. It was interesting, I guess, to see this issue from the other side, from a business who is contributing to the demise of the creek by trying to make a living, not realizing that what they are doing is causing the creek to essentially become a dead creek. I didn't like that the characters learned this, and didn't seem to care. I think at one point, Linda's character actually says something like "like who cares, right?" when referring to the environmental problems. Only after the restaurant is burned down by the extremist character, do they make concessions - they move the newly built restaurant back further from the creek, add appropriate drainage, and make brochures. But it just seemed really throw away to me. What I could overlook: the quick turnaround in behavior from the youngest daughter, and the ease in which Linda rebuilds a brand new life.

I think this book was just ok- I liked the other Frank book I read better. I will probably read her again, however, since I have read one good, one marginal. This book is a great vacation book, but not really much more than that.

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LibraryThing member pcalsdorf

easy read good recipies,

LibraryThing member jlouise77

Not super crazy about this book. I dont like books that are written in first person, as a rule. I also dont like the type of humor that are in this type of book. That said, after I finally got into the story around 100 pages or so, it ended up being very cute. Sometimes the chapters were narrated

by different people and it didnt tell you that was happeneing. You would read a page or two and then be like, what? And realize that it was from a different characters perspective. Very confusing. Would not recommend if you had something better to read, but not horrible.

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LibraryThing member zmagic69

So far the weakest book it the Low Country series.
Boring story and ridiculous situations. It was like the author had a contract to fulfill. Hopefully this was a one off situation.

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