Dorothea Benton Frank: Porch Lights

Page and Palette is hosting a Read It & Eat luncheon and book-signing event with New York Times best-selling author Dorothea Benton Frank as she discusses her latest novel Porch Lights, Thursday, June 21, 12:00-1:00 p.m. at Tamara’s Downtown.

Tickets are $20 and include lunch and $5 off the purchase of Porch Lights. A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit the Eastern Shore Literacy Council. The ESLC is a non-profit, United Way, volunteer agency which exists to address, through confidential free one-on-one sessions, the literacy/educational goals of adults and older teens in communities along the Eastern Shore.

Porch Lights is a stirring, emotionally rich multigenerational story- a poignant tale of life, love and transformation- as a nurse, returning to Sullivans Island from the Iraq War, finds her life has been irrevocably altered by tragedy and now must rediscover love and purpose with the help of her son and aging mother. An evocative visit to enchanting Sullivans Island with its unique pluff mud beaches, palmetto trees, and colorful local lore- a novel filled with unforgettable characters, and enlivened by the tales of the notorious Blackbeard and his bloodthirsty pirate crew and eerie Edgar Allen Poe stories.

Following the luncheon Frank will sign books at Page and Palette. Porch Lights released June 12 and is available for pre-order at Page and Palette and www.pageandpalette.com .