All of them were close friends of Dottie’s and clearly loved her dearly.Īt the time of her death, Dottie was working on a novel with the title Reunion Beach. The short stories, poems, essays, and recipes that are in the collection were contributed by such power hitters as Mary Alice Monroe, Patti Callahan Henry, and Adriana Trigiani, among others.
Reunion Beach is a tribute to Frank, the southern fiction author known as Dottie to all who knew her, who passed away after a short illness last year. By the time I read that novel, the short story was no longer available, so I was thrilled to get the chance to read it. When I first heard about the anthology Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank, the first thing I noticed was that it includes “Summer Of ’79,” Elin Hilderbrand’s short story sequel to Summer of ’69.
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