Mary Alice Monroe
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2012
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
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Mia Landan, recovering from breast cancer and the shock of discovering her husband's infidelity, leaves her home in Charleston and takes refuge in a long-abandoned fishing cabin in the mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, recently inherited by her fly fishing instructor Belle Carson, and becomes caught up in trying to learn the truth about Belle's grandmother, Kate, a legendary fly fisher and journalist in the 1920s whose life and reputation...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2011
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.
Author
Series
Lowcountry summer trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In the powerful and heartwarming conclusion to her bestselling Lowcountry Summer trilogy, New York Times author Mary Alice Monroe brings her readers back to the charm and sultry beauty of Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, to reveal how the pull of family bonds and true love is as strong and steady as the tides" --
"It is summer's end and Sea Breeze, the family's beloved estate on Sullivan's Island, must be sold. It is an emotional time of transition...
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
Lowcountry summer trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"This heartwarming women's fiction series from beloved New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe centers on Marietta Colson Muir, a dowager of Charleston society who has retired to her historic summer home on Sullivan's Island called Conquest, and her three granddaughters Carson, Eudora, and Harper. It's summer once again on idyllic Sullivan's Island, but Eudora, or Dora as she's affectionately called by her family, is feeling anything but...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Late August is a beautiful time on the Southern coast--the peach trees are ripe, the ocean is warm, and the sweet tea is icy. A perfect time to enjoy the rocking chairs on the porch. But beneath the calm surface bubbles a threat: it's also peak hurricane season. When a hurricane threatens the coasts of Florida and South Carolina, an eclectic group of evacuees flees for the farm of their friends Grace and Charles Phillips in North Carolina: the Phillips's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For Linnea Rutledge, Spring 2020 brings another layoff, her family-finances, emotions, and health teeter at the brink. Her new love interest, Gordon, struggles to return to England. Meanwhile, her old flame, John, is quarantining next door. She tries to ignore him, but old sparks ignite. As the weeks turn to months, Linnea learns there are more meaningful lessons learned during this summer than opportunities lost.
9) Sweetgrass
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The New York Times–bestselling author paints an intimate portrait of a family's struggle to come together and protect their historic South Carolina home.
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...
10) Swimming Lessons
Author
Series
Beach house volume 2
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Toy Sooner has dealt with enough rough waves in her troubled past. It's only been through the enduring love of a close-knit group of women on this tiny island that she's finally started to find her footing. But as new challenges in her career arise for this young single mother, the choices and demons of her past will catch up to her. Soon Toy will learn that, like the steadfast sea turtles she cares for, a mother must find the strength within herself...
11) The Beach House
Author
Series
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie, as seen on Hallmark Channel! Known for her moving characters and emotional honesty, Mary Alice Monroe brings readers a beautifully rendered story that explores the fragile yet enduring bond between mothers and daughters Caretta Rutledge thought she'd left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. But an unusual request from her mother -- coming just as her own life is spinning out of control -- has Cara heading...
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Discover this moving story of five remarkable friends as Mary Alice Monroe, the New York Times bestselling author of The Beach House explores the power of friendship with tenderness and honesty. On the surface, it is a monthly book club. But for five women, it is so much more. For Eve Porter, whose husband's sudden death cheats her of every security she had planned on, the club is a place of sanctuary. For Annie Blake, a brilliant attorney intent...
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Four exceptional novels together in one box set!
The Book Club by Mary Alice Monroe
For five women, their monthly meeting is a place of sanctuary and community. These women from different walks of life are each embracing the challenge of change in their own circumstances. And as they share their hopes and fears and triumphs, they will hold fast to the true magic of the book club-friendship.
The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff
In Poland...
Author
Language
English
Description
When a woman trades facial deformity for marquee beauty, she embarks on a "painful and illuminating journey of self-discovery" in this heartfelt novel (Nora Roberts).
Born with a facial deformity, Charlotte Godowski was used to the horrified stares she received from strangers. She'd learned to accept her appearance and the effects it had on others. Then came the cruel incident that compelled her to undergo a life-changing surgery.
Now she is...
15) Skyward
Author
Language
English
Description
Be moved by this emotional story from New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe, author of The Beach House series.
E.R. nurse Ella Majors has seen all the misery that she can handle. Burned-out and unsure of her next step, she accepts the temporary position as caregiver to Marion Henderson, a frightened five-year-old who suffers from juvenile diabetes.
But Ella soon realizes there is more sorrow in the isolated home than the little girl's...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is a companion book to Mary Alice Monroe's novel, Swimming Lessons, the sequel to The Beach House. In the novel, the readers witness a young mother, Toy, writing a journal for her daughter, Little Lovie. This is the journal Toy is writing. Using original photographs, this scrapbook journal explains the nesting cycle of sea turtles and the natural life along the Southeastern coast, including local shore birds, shells, and the sea turtle hospital....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The colorful flowers in Mama's garden reveal a strange-looking creature. "What is it? Does it sting, does it bite?" Join in this photographic journey as the young girl and her mother care for the caterpillar. Watch as it transforms into a chrysalis and then emerges as a beautiful monarch butterfly. How can the young girl "claim" the butterfly as her own but still let it go free?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Formats
Description
The colorful flowers in Mama's garden reveal a strange-looking creature. "What is it? Does it sting, does it bite?" Join in this photographic journey as the young girl and her mother care for the caterpillar. Watch as it transforms into a chrysalis and then emerges as a beautiful monarch butterfly. How can the young girl "claim" the butterfly as her own but still let it go free?
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie, as seen on Hallmark Channel!
Known for her moving characters and emotional honesty, New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe brings readers two beautifully rendered stories that explores the fragile yet enduring bond between mothers and daughters.
THE BEACH HOUSE.
Caretta Rutledge thought she'd left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. But an unusual request from her mother-coming just...
Author
Language
English
Description
Together for the first time in one valuable box set, three compelling stories of family and friendship from the New York Times bestselling author of The Beach House, Mary Alice Monroe.
The Book Club.
On the surface, it is a monthly book club. But for five women, it is so much more: everything from an escape from daily responsibilities to the sense of community and security it provides. They are from different walks of life, embracing the challenge...