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Book Review of The Land of Mango Sunsets

The Land of Mango Sunsets
The Land of Mango Sunsets
Author: Dorothea Benton Frank
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Full of Grace" delivers a highly addictive tale of hilarity, heat, and one woman's journey toward the hard-won truth that a genuinely happy life comes with a generous heart. A divorce has stalled Miriam Swanson's life: her snooty Hermes-swathed Manhattan friends abandoned her after her ex-husband "ran off with his whore"; one of her grown sons keeps her at arm's length, while her other son, a "nice nerd," stays beneath the family radar for months at a time; Frank's narrative is heavy on healing - physically, mentally - and the importance of family.