Isle of Palms

by Frank, Dorothea Benton

• ISBN13: 9780786258765
• ISBN10: 0786258764
• Edition: Large
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr

Summary

Set off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, Anna Lutz Abbot thinks she has her independence, and therefore her happiness, intact. She is a capable woman, a sensible woman, not someone given to risky living. This all seems true enough until her lovely daughter returns from college for the summer a very different person, her wild and wonderful ex-husband arrives, and her flamboyant new best friend takes up with her daddy, turning a hot summer into a steaming one. All the action unfolds under the watchful eyes of Miss Mavis and Miss Angel, her next-door neighbors of a certain age, who have plenty to say about Anna's past, present, and future. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 11
Prologue	p. 17
Hearts of Fire	p. 29
Split Ends	p. 55
Violet	p. 74
Miss Mavis Says, There Goes the Neighborhood	p. 100
Loose Screws	p. 105
Light of Day	p. 127
How's Trix?	p. 150
Changing Tide	p. 170
Miss Mavis Says, Check Your Roots	p. 185
The Chicken Was Committed	p. 192
I've Had Sufficient, Thank You	p. 208
Getting Hairy	p. 223
Tangled Liberation	p. 248
The Palms Salon and Spa	p. 260
Really Cheesy	p. 275
Hair of the Dog	p. 291
Who's That Girl?	p. 304
Rare and Well Done	p. 319
Miss Mavis and Miss Angel Confer	p. 330
Skewered	p. 336
A Little Help from My Friends	p. 355
Show Time!	p. 372
Long Walk off a Short Pier	p. 386
The Hole in the Bottom of the Sea	p. 404
Hello and Good-bye	p. 423
Miss Mavis Says, Cluck, Cluck	p. 435
Rock the Boat, Baby	p. 441
Incredible Odds	p. 455
Plan for the Mother Lode	p. 474
Culture Gap	p. 496
Waxing Eloquent	p. 509
La Bomb-ba	p. 525
Love's Labor Found	p. 543
Chicken Dance	p. 563
Nightmares No More	p. 588
Regroup	p. 603
Mad Dogs	p. 618
Epilogue	p. 640
Author's Note	p. 654
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