The rich atmosphere of SC, Hilton Mind and Charleston, is brought vividly alive by Dorothea Benton Frank, a SC indigenous who, with her exquisitely evocative prose, makes you smell the sea air, see the palmettos, and savor the special tea, but this time it includes a side of antipasti.

Hilton Head, a SC retirement heaven-at least it’s supposed to be, but for Big Al and Connie Russo, the move from NJ to the southern paradise has been fraught with only a about Filled with Grace few problems. Especially for their daughter, Elegance.

Well, that’s what she likes to be called. Her family members insists on Maria Graziella. Seriously, enough using the Neapolitan. That might have been alright in New Jersey, however now it’s just basic silly, and Grace at thirty-two is usually, horror of horrors, still unmarried. No wonder her family drives her crazy. Well, that and the fact that she’s coping with the man she’d marry if they both weren’t therefore commitment phobic. Michael is a doctor and a scientist and Grace is pretty sure he’s also an atheist. Over the years, Grace has turned into a little bit ambivalent about her beliefs, but her family members is really as old-fashioned Italian because they come. So the stage is defined for a significant showdown that might just change Grace’s outlook on life, family, and the New South.