Mary Alice Monroe
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of the Lowcountry Summer series, returns to her beloved Beach House series with the highly anticipated follow-up to Beach House Memories and The Beach House!"--
Author
Series
Beach house volume 7
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The coming of Spring usually means renewal, but for Linnea Rutledge, Spring 2020 threatens stagnation. Linnea faces another layoff, this time from the aquarium she adores. For her--and her family--finances, emotions, and health teeter at the brink. To complicate matters, her new love interest, Gordon, struggles to return to the Isle of Palms from England. Meanwhile, her old flame, John, turns up from California and is quarantining next door. She...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Continuing the saga of her bestselling Beach House series, Mary Alice Monroe weaves together a tale of the struggles and triumphs of the historic Rutledge family of Charleston, South Carolina. Beautifully wrought and rich with keen insight, this is an illuminating tale of continuance, resilience, and one family's enduring love"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
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Description
"It's been sixteen years since Caretta 'Cara' Rutledge has returned home to the beautiful shores of Charleston, South Carolina. Over those years, she has weathered the tides of deaths and births, struggles and joys. And now, as Cara prepares for her second wedding, her life is about to change yet again. Meanwhile, the rest of the storied Rutledge family is also in flux. Cara's niece Linnea returns to Sullivan's Island to begin a new career and an...
Author
Series
Beach House volume 3
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Gallery Books hardcover ed.
Language
English
Description
A tale exploring themes of class, women's rights and domestic abuse in the 1970s American South shares the story of The Beach House's Lovie Rutledge, who reflects on a summer during which a beach vacation to escape her unfaithful, disdainful husband culminates in a fateful romance with a handsome biologist.
Author
Series
Lowcountry summer volume 4
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"Wedding season has arrived in New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe's next novel in the "distinct, complex, and endearing" (Charleston Magazine) Lowcountry Summer series, set against the romantic, charming Charleston Lowcountry. Nothing could be more enchanting than a summer wedding--or two!--in Charleston's fabled lowcountry. A centuries-old plantation, an avenue of ancient oaks dripping moss, a storied ballroom, a sand dune at sunset......
Author
Series
Lowcountry summer volume 5
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"A wounded warrior and his younger brother discover the true meaning of Christmas in this timeless story of family bonds. A poignant continuation of the Lowcountry Summer series. As far as ten-year-old Miller McClellan is concerned, it's the worst Christmas ever. His father's shrimp boat is docked, his mother is working two jobs, and with finances strained, Miller is told they can't afford the dog he desperately wants. "Your brother's return from...
10) Sweetgrass
Author
Language
English
Description
The Blakely family, despite the tragedy that separated them, must band together to save their historical plantation, which has been in the family for generations and is the only thing that holds them all together, from being sold to developers.
11) Swimming lessons
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Toy Sooner, a single mother and marine biologist opening a turtle rehab facility with the help of a director at the South Carolina Aquarium, must find a way to deal with the return of her daughter's vindictive father, who has just been released from prison.
12) The summer girls
Author
Series
Lowcountry summer volume 1
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Summoned by their grandmother to a historic family home on Sullivan's Island, estranged sisters Carson, Eudora, and Harper share a summer of healing and forgiveness while exploring the tenacious complexities of sisterhood and friendship.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Gallery Books hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 382 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Following the migrating monarchs across the United States to Mexico, Luz Avila arrives in San Antonio to find her aunt and meets her mother, who she had always believed dead. Now Luz must face her mother's reappearance in her life and get her grandmother's ashes to Mexico for the Day of the Dead.
15) Sweetgrass
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
575 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Rediscover this poignant novel of hope, acceptance and the powerful gift of forgiveness.
Sweetgrass is a historic tract of land in South Carolina that has been home to the Blakely family for eight generations. But Sweetgrass-named for the indigenous grass that grows in the area-is in trouble. Taxes are skyrocketing. Bulldozers are leveling the surrounding properties. And the Blakelys could be forced to sell the one thing that continues to hold their...
16) Time is a river
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
While recovering from breast cancer in a remote cabin in North Carolina, Mia Landan finds the journal of Kate Watkins, a 1920s fly fisher, and, inspired by Kate's example, learns to fish and uncovers many secrets around her.
18) Swimming lessons
Author
Series
Beach house volume 2
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
429 p.
Language
English
Description
Sequel to: The beach house.
20) The beach house
Author
Series
Beach House volume 1
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
471 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
At her mother's request, Caretta Rutledge travels back to the beach house she spent most of her childhood summers at, where she begins to reconnect with her estranged family.