Frank, Dorothea Benton
Full of grace Dorothea Benton Frank. - New York : Avon, 2008. - x, 339 pages ; 21 cm
A message from Michael -- Firecrackers -- Grating -- Hide-and-go-seek -- Darwinia Sardinia -- Room with a view -- Bad boys and bimbos -- Shooting from the hip -- When it rains it pours -- Five-alarm -- Rest assured -- Napa -- On the bluff -- Cure-all -- Everyone's opinion -- Stand by -- Let's not fight -- Father knows best -- Gobble it up -- Christmas -- Round table -- Mexico City -- Something about Mary -- Revelations -- Joy (Not the perfume) -- Another message from Michael.
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.
9780061374531 0061374539
013752303 Uk
Italian American women--Fiction.
Hilton Head (S.C.)--Fiction.
Charleston (S.C.)--Fiction.
South Carolina--Charleston.
South Carolina--Hilton Head.
PS3556.R3338 / F85 2008
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Full of grace Dorothea Benton Frank. - New York : Avon, 2008. - x, 339 pages ; 21 cm
A message from Michael -- Firecrackers -- Grating -- Hide-and-go-seek -- Darwinia Sardinia -- Room with a view -- Bad boys and bimbos -- Shooting from the hip -- When it rains it pours -- Five-alarm -- Rest assured -- Napa -- On the bluff -- Cure-all -- Everyone's opinion -- Stand by -- Let's not fight -- Father knows best -- Gobble it up -- Christmas -- Round table -- Mexico City -- Something about Mary -- Revelations -- Joy (Not the perfume) -- Another message from Michael.
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.
9780061374531 0061374539
013752303 Uk
Italian American women--Fiction.
Hilton Head (S.C.)--Fiction.
Charleston (S.C.)--Fiction.
South Carolina--Charleston.
South Carolina--Hilton Head.
PS3556.R3338 / F85 2008
Fra 2