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5.0
So glad I read this novella, Stargazey Nights prior to buying Stargazey Point. Have already purchased and will begin reading it next. I love Shelly Noble -- she knows how to set this mood for a beautiful story (You get a full 98 pages so a good length novella), set in a quaint historic town south of South Carolina. (Since I am a native, love stories set in the Carolinas).
Cabot (Cab) Reynolds, III is a successful architect in Atlanta, living the high life with a brat society hungry fiancé, currently working on a real estate project in Myrtle Beach, SC.
This all changes when he receives the call about his favorite uncle Ned which has died and his funeral is the following day in Stargazey Point, SC. His finance never even gave him the message the week prior and only sent flowers. (She is a real B) and shallow is being kind!
Needless to say, the guilt set in –Cab's begins recalling all of those wonderful summers in this back woods little town (when he was home from boarding school) and everything which went along with magical summers –including a famous carousel ran by Ned.
When approaching the town he is astonished how run down the town is and questions himself as to why he never visited his uncle when he had the opportunity to help him. His fiancé does not want to attend the funeral with him.
His short visit pulls him in as he visits some eccentric characters from his past and those close to his Uncle. He then visits his upcoming project in Myrtle Beach and realizes the new development will wipe out a lot of homes of poor families and begins thinking about Stargazey Point and the part of his past and the famous carousel now stuffed in crates, ready to be revived.
A beautiful story about how we forgot our roots and live in a materialist world and forgot how to use our hearts and our hands. I look forward to reading Stargazey Point to continue the story of Cab and what he will do for this quaint town to change his life (and possibly a new woman in his future.).
From Coke, country stores, Carolina BBQ, to at risk teens, historic architecture, charming Charleston southern belles, B&B Inn, Tea shops, community centers, nosy small town neighbors-- to eccentric colorful characters living the simple life and trying to hold on to what this town represented in its thriving years.
Cabot (Cab) Reynolds, III is a successful architect in Atlanta, living the high life with a brat society hungry fiancé, currently working on a real estate project in Myrtle Beach, SC.
This all changes when he receives the call about his favorite uncle Ned which has died and his funeral is the following day in Stargazey Point, SC. His finance never even gave him the message the week prior and only sent flowers. (She is a real B) and shallow is being kind!
Needless to say, the guilt set in –Cab's begins recalling all of those wonderful summers in this back woods little town (when he was home from boarding school) and everything which went along with magical summers –including a famous carousel ran by Ned.
When approaching the town he is astonished how run down the town is and questions himself as to why he never visited his uncle when he had the opportunity to help him. His fiancé does not want to attend the funeral with him.
His short visit pulls him in as he visits some eccentric characters from his past and those close to his Uncle. He then visits his upcoming project in Myrtle Beach and realizes the new development will wipe out a lot of homes of poor families and begins thinking about Stargazey Point and the part of his past and the famous carousel now stuffed in crates, ready to be revived.
A beautiful story about how we forgot our roots and live in a materialist world and forgot how to use our hearts and our hands. I look forward to reading Stargazey Point to continue the story of Cab and what he will do for this quaint town to change his life (and possibly a new woman in his future.).
From Coke, country stores, Carolina BBQ, to at risk teens, historic architecture, charming Charleston southern belles, B&B Inn, Tea shops, community centers, nosy small town neighbors-- to eccentric colorful characters living the simple life and trying to hold on to what this town represented in its thriving years.
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