FRANCES MAYES is the author of the now-classic Under the Tuscan Sun, which was a New York Times bestseller for more than two and a half years and became a Touchstone blockbuster movie starring Diane Lane. She is also the author of Swan and Women in Sunlight. Her books have been translated into more than fifty languages. Born and raised in the south, most of her books have a southern connection.
A great marriage is an elusive thing, and only a few know the secret to making one.
Dara Willcox, in New York for a weekend, meets Austin Clarke at an art gallery. If love at first sight can happen, it happens to them. But, these two vivid, ambitious people are on different courses—he’s British, working temporarily in New York. She’s from North Carolina, set on law school. They don’t care. They will make their lives together happen.
After their engagement party, Austin hears unsettling news from London that wrecks their plans. Dara abruptly cancels the wedding. She refuses to reveal the reason, not even to her best friends or her parents or grandmother, disrupting their family tradition of openness. As everyone knows, Lee and Rich have a great marriage, and Charlotte, her grandmother, had a colossal one, to the late Senator Mann.
While Dara escapes to California and Indigo Island, South Carolina, Austin, back in London, faces a major tragedy, the consequences of which are life-altering. But it’s Lee, Dara’s mother, whose impulsive visit to London alters their fate…
NY Times Bestselling Author
Frances Mayes, the author of Under the Tuscan Sun, a New York Times bestseller for over two and a half years that became a blockbuster movie is back with another wonderful novel set partly in the South Carolina Lowcountry...
Date: Friday, August 16th 2024
Location: Grande Dunes Members Club- 1580 Terra Verde Drive Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
Time: 10:45AM- 1:00PM
Your ticket includes a bestselling author presentation, a signed hardcover copy of the event book, author meet & greet, personalized book signing, a plated lunch, dessert, beverages of coffee, tea & water, complimentary seating, and admittance to an exclusive private country club.
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