The Land of Mango Sunsets
Written by Dorothea Benton Frank
Narrated by Nicole Poole
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Dorothea Benton Frank is one of America’s most insightful writers weaving highly addictive tales of the conundrums of life with hilarity and heat. Now, in The Land of Mango Sunsets, Frank gives us one woman’s journey toward a hard-won truth—life isn’t always what it appears to be, and the sooner you realize that pride won’t keep you warm at night, the happier you will be. Oh, and one other thing—a truly joyous life comes with a generous heart.
Meet Miriam Elizabeth Swanson, in a full-blown snit, buoyed by a fabulous cast who run the gamut from insufferable to wonderful. First is the arrival of Liz Harper, Miriam’s tenant from Birmingham, who sets a new cycle in motion. Then her other tenant, Kevin, stalwart companion with more style than Cary Grant, shakes Miriam out of her fog to see which battles are worth the fight. Next, her estranged son announces he’s marrying a Jamaican woman. And what about her ex-husband, Charles, and that sordid lingerie model of his? Well, Harry, her African Gray parrot, has plenty of opinions. Finally, you’ll laugh and cry when she meets a man named Harrison who changes her into a gal named Mellie.
Miriam spins out from the revolving door of her postured life as a Manhattan quasi-socialite while she thirsts, no, starves for recognition. How did she become what she hates the most, and what does she endure to realize it? And where are the answers? It takes a few spins, dips, and one spectacular fall until Miriam gets her head on straight. Then in a whoosh she’s off to the enchanted and mysterious land of Sullivans Island, deep in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
Told straight from the heart in Frank’s vivid, highly entertaining style, The Land of Mango Sunsets just might be her finest work to date. If you decide to read this book, don’t make plans to do anything else for a while.
Dorothea Benton Frank
New York Times bestseller Dorothea Benton Frank was born and raised on Sullivans Island, South Carolina. Until her passing in 2019, Dorothea and her husband split their time between New Jersey and South Carolina. A contemporary voice of the South, Dorothea Benton Frank was beloved by fans and friends alike since her debut novel Sullivans Island. Readers from coast to coast fell for the quick wit and the signature humor that permeated her many bestselling novels.
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Reviews for The Land of Mango Sunsets
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Loved the genuineness, southern charm, southern sayings, characters, accents! Real.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really enjoyed listening to this book. Myriam's life is too stiff and refined at beginning of the story. It was great to see her have fun, make friends and enjoy life's simple pleasures.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Fun read filled with both joy and tears. You don't like Miriam very much at the beginning, with her rigid ideas of right and wrong and what is due to her. You will probably like the person, "Mellie," she becomes, mostly because of returning to her mother, and her roots on Sullivans Island. But none of it is very believable. She suddenly becomes close to her estranged sons, and best friends with the tenant (and her behavior) she has scorned, while inexplicably reconnecting with her mother. Suspend belief, and enjoy the ride, along with Mellie and all the other characters!
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This rating is for my taste not the authors writing ability. I love Dorthea and Sullivan's Island remains at the top of my all time favorite books. I just do not enjoy chic lit and books that follow a formula. It seams that is what has happened over the last several years and I tend to not choose her as an author any longer just because this type of book is no longer what I enjoy.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5slow but likeable start to the book. I enjoy D.B Frank books,but I have to agree with comments on the cover jacket,this is her best so far! Enjoyable read. Nice summer reading.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Funny book and really captures the reader. I definitely liked the touch of the talking parrot. Only thing was the lack of humor and the added sadness toward the end that bothered me but overall it was a great read and I would definitely recommend!
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5DBF's books are purely guilty-pleasure reading for me. They're not intellectually stimulating, but they're also not smutty or full of language.
This one wasn't particularly my favorite--it wasn't terribly strong on plot, and it was more predictable than most by this author. But it was still decent bathtub reading. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Awesome book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A delightful and refreshing story! Dorothea Frank has created another wonderful story and I just thought Land of Mango Sunsets was just a great read. The characters are clever and appealing especially Miriam Swanson. Actually, I felt that she gave all the variety of splendid characters real feelings that I could relate too. This is a great book to take to the beach and read. It's an easy read and with the wonderful descriptive scenes of South Carolina, that Ms. Frank portrays you feel like you are roaming around in the beautiful state. I hope I haven't given away too much of the story for those who haven't read it. In summary, it's a delightful and refreshing story with humor, romance, a bit of mystery, and some valid issues concerning our environment. Grab it and enjoy.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Another seductive low country tale about Mellie, a native coastal woman who lives her life in NY. Returning home to the low country she finds her way back to repairing her fractured family as she finds herself. Again, I want to be the main character.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Miriam Elizabeth Swanson, divorced, see her organized life as a quasi-socialite spiral downward. With the help of new friends and her parrot, Harry, her life turns in an unexpected, and joyful direction. And as with many of Frank's books, that direction leads to Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Maybe I should go there and see if it would work its magic on me. ;-)