Author: Dorothea Benton Frank
Publisher: William Morrow
Date of publication: May 2018
The Lowcountry of South Carolina is where By
Invitation Only begins at a barbecue engagement party thrown by Diane
English Stiftel, her brother Floyd, and her parents to celebrate her son’s
engagement. On this gorgeous, magical night, the bride’s father, Alejandro
Cambria, a wealthy power broker whose unbelievably successful career in private
equity made him one of Chicago’s celebrated elite, discovers the limits and
possibilities of cell phone range. While the mother of the bride, Susan Kennedy
Cambria, who dabbles in the world of public relations and believes herself
deserving of every square inch of her multimillion-dollar penthouse and
imaginary carrara marble pedestal, learns about moonshine and dangerous
liaisons.
Soon By Invitation Only zooms to Chicago,
where the unraveling accelerates. Nearly a thousand miles away from her
comfortable, familiar world, Diane is the antithesis of the bright lights and
super-sophisticated guests attending her son Fred’s second engagement party.
Why a second party? Maybe it had been assumed that the first one wouldn’t be up
to snuff? Fred is marrying Shelby Cambria, also an only child. The Cambrias’
dearest wish is for their daughter to be happy. If Shelby wants to marry
Frederick, aka Fred, they will not stand in her way—although Susan does hope
her friends won’t think her daughter is marrying more
than a few degrees beneath her socially. At the same time, Diane worries that
her son will be lost to her forever.
By Invitation Only is a tale of two families,
one struggling to do well, one well to do, and one young couple—the privileged
daughter of Chicago’s crème de la crème and the son of hard -working Southern
peach farmers.
Dorothea Benton Frank offers a funny, sharp, and deeply
empathetic novel of two very different worlds—of limousines and pickup trucks,
caviars and pigs, skyscrapers and ocean spray—filled with a delightful cast of
characters who all have something to hide and a lot to learn. A difference in
legal opinions, a headlong dive from grace, and an abrupt twist will reveal the
truth of who they are and demonstrate, when it truly counts, what kind of grit
they have. Are they living the life they want, what regrets do they hold, and
how would they remake their lives if they were given the invitation to do so?
By Invitation Only is classic Dorothea Benton
Frank—a mesmerizing Lowcountry Tale that roars with spirit, humor, and truth,
and forces us to reconsider our notions of what it means to be a Have or a Have
Not.
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About Dorothea Benton Frank
New York Times bestselling author Dorothea
Benton Frank was born and raised on Sullivans Island, South Carolina. She
resides in the New York area with her husband.
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