G416 Book Review of Palmetto Moon by Kim Boykin
Name of Book: Palmetto Moon Author: Kim Boykin ISBN: 978-0-425-27210-7 Publisher: Berkley Type of book: Lowcountry, 1947, clean romance, South Carolina, Charleston, courtship, friendship, happy endings Year it was published: 2014 Summary: June, 1947. Charleston is poised to celebrate the biggest wedding in high-society history, the joining of two of the oldest families in the city. Except the bride is nowhere to be found…Unlike the rest of the debs she grew up with, Vada Hadley doesn’t see marrying Justin McLeod as a blessing—she sees it as a life sentence. So when she finds herself one day away from a wedding she doesn’t want, she’s left with no choice but to run away from the future her parents have so carefully planned for her.
In Round O, South Carolina, Vada finds independence in the unexpected friendships she forms at the boarding house where she stays, and a quiet yet fulfilling courtship with the local diner owner, Frank Darling. For the first time in her l...