What can I say? I absolutely love every book Mary Alice Monroe has written. I fell in love with her writing when I first read Girl in the Mirror and I've been hooked ever since. Her ability to tackle environmental issues while weaving a passionate, heartfelt tale leaves me longing. Her characters actually become family. Mary Alice and I share a love of the Lowcountry and the ecological concerns that come with it. From sea turtle preservation to the local shrimping industry, she helps us to understand that we must get involved. And her stories are a legacy to those causes. Her latest novel, Beach House Reunion, takes us again into the world of the Caretta Caretta, the Loggerhead Turtle and the Rutledge family.
Once again, Cara Rutledge comes home to the Lowcountry. After living in Tennessee for a few years after her husband, Brett suddenly passed, Cara finds herself returning to Isle of Palms with a new purpose and a new role, mother to her new daughter, Hope. At the same time, we have Cara's niece, Linnea return home to Charleston upon her graduation from college. Both women, while residing at the beloved beach cottage that once belonged to Cara's mother, Lovie Rutledge, find their strength to begin anew. Over the course of that summer, friendships form, family disputes erupt, old memories buried, and new romance blossoms.
Mary Alice Monroe has once again written a beautifully woven novel that continues the story of Cara Rutledge and her cherished Lowcountry. The reunion of Cara, her family, her friends, and her treasured Loggerhead turtles, create an unfolding drama that makes this book hard to put down. Those new to this series will be inspired to catch up with the Rutledge family in Mary Alice Monroe's previous Beach House novels.
Where can you buy this book? Here is my favorite place.
Bookmarks NC (local Winston-Salem, NC non-profit indie bookseller)
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Want to help? Here are a few links regarding sea turtle preservation, no matter where you are located.
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