This is Frank's 9th in her Lowcountry tales. Cate Cooper returns to her childhood home in Folly Beach, South Carolina. Her late husband committed suicide leaving her to deal with the fallout of his poor business dealings and leaving her flat-out broke even her wedding ring is a fake. In Folly, she renews her dreams. Interspersed with her story is the story of Dorothy Heyward, who with her husband DuBose, turned his novel into the play Porgy. As Cate's new life is revealed, that of the Heyward's and Gershwin in the 30's is also told. Inspired by living in the "Porgy House", the Heywood home, her play writing dream comes to fruition as she develops a script about Dorothy. Written with charm, Folly Beach is about a woman, her family, and her dreams as well as a historical novel, incorporating the true story of the Dorothy and DuBose Heyward and George Gershwin right down to the Cunningham piano used. Now I want to visit the Porgy House and see George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. And there is a wedding proposal too, not to give too much away.
Folly Beach is near Charleston. The Porgy House has been restored to the 1930's time frame. The Cunningham piano used by Gershwin is at the Charleston Museum.
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