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The rich atmosphere of South Carolina Hilton Head and Charleston is brought vividly to life by Dorothea Benton Frank a South Carolina native who with her exquisitely evocative prose makes you smell the sea air see the palmettos and savor the sweet tea but this time it comes with a side of antipastiHilton Head a South Carolina retirement heavenat least its supposed to be but for Big Al and Connie Russo the move from New Jersey to this southern paradise has been fraught with just a few complications Especially for their daughter GraceWell thats what she likes to be called Her family insists on Maria Graziella Seriously enough with the Neapolitan That might have been okay in New Jersey but now its just plain silly and Grace at thirty-two is horror of horrors still unmarried No wonder her family drives her crazy Well that and the fact that shes living with the man she would marry if they both werent so commitment phobic Michael is a doctor and a scientist and Grace is pretty sure hes also an atheist Over the years Grace has become a bit ambivalent about her faith but her family is as old-fashioned Italian as they come So the stage is set for a major showdown that just might change Graces outlook on life family and the New South.