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Full of Grace [Kindle Edition]

Dorothea Benton Frank
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The move from New Jersey to Hilton Head, South Carolina, wasn't easy for the Russo family—difficult enough for Big Al and Connie, but even harder for their daughter Maria Graziella, who insists on being called Grace. At thirty-one and still, shockingly, unmarried, Grace has scandalized her staunchly traditional Italian family by moving in with her boyfriend Michael—who, though a truly great guy, is agnostic, commitment-phobic, a scientist, and (horror of horrors) Irish!

Grace adores her parents even though they drive her crazy—and she knows they'd love Michael if they got to know him, but Big Al won't let him into their house. And so the stage is set for a major showdown—which, along with a devastating, unexpected crisis and, perhaps, a miracle or two, just might change Grace's outlook on love, family, and her new life in the new South.

About the Author

New York Times bestseller Dorothea Benton Frank was born and raised on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. She resides in the New York area with her husband and two children.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 296 KB
  • Print Length: 368 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0061374539
  • Publisher: HarperCollins e-books (13 Oct 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B000GCFX0Y
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #379,712 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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By Fiz
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I like Dorothea Benton Frank, but this one missed its target by a mile. Heroine, estranged from loud and embarrassing Italian-American family, lives in Charleston with her boyfriend, to the horror of her family.Doctor boyfriend is into evil works, such as stem cell research. He also keeps an important secret from her, namely, that his mother is dying of Alzheimer's disease. He becomes ill but refuses for a long time to see a doctor. Eventually he is found to be suffering from incurable brain cancer...That's just the start of the book and it steadily gets sicklier from thereon. Unless you want a sugar overdose and highly suspect twists of the plot, I really wouldn't bother.
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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Full of Grace 19 July 2006
By Tonya Speelman - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
We have Grace, who's family is Italian and devoted Catholics. Grace is living in a place that is paid for by her parents. However, she is living with a man, and they are not married. Michael let's just say has issues with church and believing. However when Michael is diagnosed with brain cancer everything changes.

Are miracles real? Should we have to give up science in order to follow what the church says? This book was an outstanding book. I loved the family life and I loved all the food descriptions and traveling.

This was my first book by Ms. Frank, but it won't be my last. It caught my attention and I couldn't put it down until I found out how Michael was if they were going to ever marry!
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
4.5 stars 3 May 2006
By Julie W. - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
I stayed up all night just to finish this! It was well worth the baggy eyes I'll be suffering from tomorrow. The characters are fantastically flawed, the setting is gorgeous(only Frank does justice to coastal Carolina), and everyone can relate to the search for something to believe in. I won't write any more because I hate plot spoilers, but I know this story will haunt me for days. The only reason I rated it 4.5 stars is because I wasn't the vintage Dot I adore. Nonetheless, this is a book well worth reading. I can't wait until my book club members finish it so we can discuss this savory story over a bowl of she-crab soup.
26 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Mamma Mia! What Happened to Dot Frank? 25 May 2006
By Antoinette Klein - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
A transfusion of Italian blood? A religious experience? Whatever it was, it works! She takes an unexpected, but totally endearing, turn from her normal writing to bring us this tale of transplanted Yankees who bring their traditions south with them.

Big Al and Connie leave New Jersey for retirement in Hilton Head. They lure their unmarried daughter Grace to join them by dangling a lovely carriage house in Charleston under her nose. Though Grace is basically ashamed of her parents and can't quite appreciate the warm and fuzzy family gatherings, she gladly accepts the house. Of course, her parents didn't expect her to live in sin with Michael, a character they consider on the fast track to hell due to his work in stem cell research. Michael is warm, Michael is brilliant, and before long Michael is diagnosed with brain cancer.

The book is filled with a lot of stereotypical Italian things which as a granddaughter of Italian immigrants I found misleading and atypical. However, the characters are what they are and I enjoyed sharing Thanksgiving, Christmas and Big Al's Birthday in their chaotic household. Sometimes, I wanted to shake Grace and make her less ashamed of her father or more accepting of her future sister-in-law, but on the whole I found this an interesting family to spend time with. The author hasn't lost her knack for utilizing local color. Because Grace is a travel agent, Ms. Frank is able to expand her descriptive abilities to include Sardinia as well as Mexico City. I had some problems with the too pat resolution of the story's major conflict, but hey . . . God works in mysterious ways.
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