The Violet Hour - by Victoria Benton Frank (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Violet Adams is the perfect, youngest child in a family of loud, passionate women on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. As the sweet, traditional one, she's always been the steady hand in her family, but after a sudden breakup and subsequent tragedy, she doesn't know who she is anymore. Aly Knox, Violet's best friend, is a young influencer still struggling with the loss of her mother and adjusting to joining Violet in Southern living. With her best friend's help, Violet is determined to break out of her shell--and who she thought she was--no matter what. And what better place to look for success, meaning, and possibly love than the Lowcountry of South Carolina?"--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

A heartwarming and empowering novel about thriving after tragedy, from the author of the "enchanting, hilarious, and insightful" (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times author) My Magnolia Summer.

Violet Adams is the perfect, youngest child in a family of loud, passionate women on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. As the sweet, traditional one, she's always been the steady hand in her family but after a sudden breakup and subsequent tragedy, she doesn't know who she is anymore.

Aly Knox, Violet's best friend, is a young influencer still struggling with the loss of her mother and adjusting to joining Violet in Southern living. With her best friend's help, Violet is determined to break out of her shell--and who she thought she was--no matter what. And what better place to look for success, meaning, and possibly love than the Lowcountry of South Carolina?

Review Quotes

"The Violet Hour is a big-hearted, juicy tale that turns on the knotty, necessary ties of family and friendship. Victoria Benton Frank serves up a delicious, hilarious, wise, and, well, frank tribute to learning how to step out in the world as your own woman and take a ol' big bite."----Anna Godbersen, author of The New York Times bestselling series The Luxe

"It turns out that hope has a color- it's Violet! In this emotional page turner,

two best friends, Aly and Violet are reeling from loss. This is a novel of

reinvention and resolve as they find their way forward. Victoria Benton Frank

has taken her place among the great southern storytellers who write of love, food and family

as the centerpieces of a happy life. The Violet Hour is a glorious read."--- Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The View From Lake Como

About the Author

Victoria Benton Frank, author of The Magnolia Summer and The Violet Hour, was born in New York City, raised in Montclair, New Jersey, but considers herself to have dual residency in the Lowcountry. She is a graduate of the College of Charleston and the French Culinary Institute. Victoria worked in restaurants in New York before returning to Charleston, South Carolina, which she calls home, with her husband, two kids, and two dogs. When she isn't writing, she is reading, cooking, needlepointing, playing Mahjong, or chasing her children.