Review of Folly Beach

Another sweet little summer "beachy-type" novel I read during the summer was Folly Beach by Dorothea Benton Frank.

Set in Folly Beach, (which is in Charleston, South Carolina for those wo don't know), this one was a story about remembering your roots, finding your way home, and thus discovering true happiness. This novel is a bit more interesting and imaginative than most summer beachy novels because it is a story within a story... the main story of Cate Cooper, whose wealthy husband hung himself above her piano. Cate's husband, a wealthy finance guy, apparently used this as his "way out" after he was discovered to have lost, embezzled, or otherwise invested poorly everyone's money to the point where he also lost everything and thus left Cate absolutely broke.

With the help of her sister and brother-in-law, Cate travels back to her roots, her aunt's house on Folly Beach. As luck would have it, she accidentally, bumps into another car at the grovery store and meets the handsome teacher at a local private school. Cate has aspirations to become a writer, and is enchanted by the story of previous tenants of the house in which she lives. Without giving too much of the story away, let me just say that is is a good story, and worthwhile reading. The characters are very like-able, and also have been developed with some depth to their characters. Frank has developed just enough of a twist to make you want to continue reading.