The Beach House
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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 back to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood summers. Before long, therhythms of the island open her heart in wonderful ways as she repairs the family beach house, becomes a bona fide "turtle lady" and renews old acquaintances long thought lost. But it is in reconnecting with her mother that she will learn life's mostprecious lessons—true love involves sacrifice, family is forever and the mistakes of the past can be forgiven.
Series
6 primary booksBeach House is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2002 with contributions by Mary Alice Monroe.
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I am SO enjoying women's fiction these days. This is a nice (if a bit long) story about a woman who comes back home to an island off South Carolina to reconnect with her mother and her roots. And get a new man, of course. Perfectly pleasant. Why is it the women in the smart (I mean literary, NYT reviewed, etc.) books can't get their “stuff” together and the characters in women's fiction make tremendous sense?
