02190cam a2200265 4500 165871262 TxAuBib 20120727120000.0 120706s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780061961298 0061961299 (OCoLC)861650370 TxAuBib Frank, Dorothea Benton. Porch Lights / By Dorothea Benton Frank. 2012 Hardcover Edition. New York, New York : HarperCollins, 2012. 324. When Jimmy McMullen, a fireman with the NYFD, is killed in the line of duty, his wife, Jackie, and ten-year-old son, Charlie, are devastated. Charlie idolized his dad, and now the outgoing, curious boy has become quiet and reserved. Trusting in the healing power of family. Jackie decides to return to her childhood home on Sullivans Island. Crossing the bridge from the mainland, Jackie and Charlie enter a world full of wonder and magic - lush green and chocolate grasslands an dazzling red, orange, and magenta evening skies; the heady pungency of Lowcountry Pluff mud and fresh seafood on the grill; bare toes snuggled in warm sand and palmetto fronds swaying in gentle ocean winds. Awaiting them is Annie Britt, the family matriarch who has kept the porch lights on to welcome them home. Thrilled to have her family back again, Annie promises to make their visit perfect - even though relations between mother and daughter have never been what you'd call smooth. Over the years, Jackie and Annie, like all mothers and daughters, have been known to have frequent and notorious differences of opinion. But her estranged and wise husband, Buster, and her flamboyant and funny best friend Deb are sure to keep Annie in line. She's also got Steven Plofker, the flirtatious and devilishly tasty widowed physician next door, to keep her distracted as well. 20120706. Fireman - NYFD - Fiction. Families - Fiction. South Carolina - Fiction. TXBAY