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When Jimmy McMullen, a fireman with the NYFD, is wiped out in the type of duty, his wife, Jackie, and 10-year-old son, Charlie, are devastated. Charlie idolized his father, and today the outgoing, wondering boy has become calm and reserved. Trusting in the curing electricity of family, Jackie chooses to come back to her childhood home on Sullivan's Island. Awaiting them is Annie Britt, the family matriarch who may have maintained the porch lighting on to welcome them home. Captivated by the island's alluring natural charms and encouraged by brilliant Lowcountry lore, mother, daughter, and grandson will talk about a memorable, illuminating summer season. Advised in Annie and Jackie's alternating voices, and filled up with Dorothea Benton Frank's alluring wit, indelible poignancy, and hallmark themes, Porch Lighting is a triumph from "the queen of Southern fiction" (Charlotte Observer).