Waking Up in Charleston (The Charleston Trilogy)

by Sherryl Woods

Book Overview

The moment Amanda defied her rich and powerful father to marry Bobby O'Leary, Big Max disowned her. Even now, with Bobby dead and Amanda mired in debt, he refuses to forgive her.But Caleb, the new man... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778313263
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: MIRA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.6" x 1.1" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Waking Up in Charleston

Wonderful Mass Market Paperback read ~ good read, entertaining, great characters ~ would share with my best friend ~ Enjoy!

good summer book

Waking Up in Charleston is a good summer reading book. Recommended for anyone that's ever had a southern relative or wanted one1

A Nice Summer Read.....

Sherryl Woods has a great way of portraying her characters so that they are very easy to relate to, making her books nice, comfortable reads for days on the beach or in the hammock. On the surface, the books don't appear to be 'below the surface' material, yet I find myself thinking of them often as I go about my day after reading time. I recommend them highly....Waking Up in Charleston is one of her better books.

Waking Up In Charleston

I got hooked on Sherryl Woods with Flamingo Diner and since look for everything she writes this was the conclusion of an older trilogy her most recent was Magnolia series just all about real people real life, one a person can sink into and forget who they are or where they are, for awhile...............

terrific relationship drama

Known throughout the South Carolina Low Country as being benevolent, William "Big Max" cut off his beloved only child Amanda when she eloped with loser Danny O'Leary. Several years later, Danny is dead and Amanda raises three youngsters while trying to pay off her late husband's massive debt; she and Big Max remain estranged. Preacher Caleb Webb arranged for a house to be built for Amanda and her children with supplies contributed from a friend's construction company, labor mostly volunteered by his congregation, and property secretly given by Max (see FLIRTING WITH DISASTER). Caleb loves Amanda while her children think of him as their father. However, he knows that he deceived her by hiding his close relationship with her dad and as she learns more of what he concealed, the angrier she gets. Caleb sacrifices his dreams to marry Amanda in order to reconcile the ailing Big Max, an Alzheimer's victim, and Amanda before it is too late for her children to know their grandfather. This terrific relationship drama stars likable protagonists who allow pride bias their decisions before learning that is no replacement for the love of family. Amanda is a courageous individual struggling with her feelings for the Preacher who has made life better for her and her children; the kids love him as if he is their father. Max wants so badly to ask his daughter to forgive him, but is unable to swallow the devastation of her possibly rejecting him as he feels he deserves so he works in secret. Caleb is pulled in two directions as he wants to shout to everyone he loves Amanda though that is obvious to all, but also wants to reconcile father and daughter. Sherryl Woods provides a deep character driven tale. Harriet Klausner