Beach House Reunion, Mary Alice Monroe
Beach House Reunion, Mary Alice Monroe
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Beach House Reunion

Bestseller

Author: Mary Alice Monroe

Narrator: Mary Alice Monroe

Unabridged: 11 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/22/2018


Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author and “skilled storyteller who never lets her readers down” (Huffington Post) returns to her beloved Beach House series with this “authentic, generous, and heartfelt” (Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author) tale of new beginnings, resilience, and one family’s enduring love.

Cara Rutledge returns to her Southern home on the idyllic Isle of Palms. Comforting in its familiarity, it is still rife with painful memories. Only through reconnecting with family, friends, and the rhythms of the lowcountry can Cara let go of the past and open herself to the possibility of a new career and love.

Meanwhile, her niece Linnea, a recent college graduate with an uncertain future, leaves her historic home in Charleston, with all its entitlement and expectations, and heads to her aunt’s beach house. On the island, she is free to join the turtle team, learn to surf, and fall in love. Remembering the lessons of her beloved grandmother, Lovie, the original “turtle lady,” Linnea rediscovers a meaningful purpose to her life and finds the courage she needs to break from tradition.

In “this tender and openhearted novel of familial expectations, new boundaries, and the power of forgiveness” (Booklist), three generations of the Rutledge family gather together to find the strength, love, and commitment to break destructive family patterns and to forge new bonds that will endure long beyond one summer reunion.

About Mary Alice Monroe

Mary Alice Monroe is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-seven books, including the bestselling The Beach House series. Monroe also writes children’s picture books, and a middle grade fiction series called The Islanders. She is a member of the South Carolina Academy of Authors’ Hall of Fame, and her books have received numerous awards, including the South Carolina Center for the Book Award for Writing; the South Carolina Award for Literary Excellence; the SW Florida Author of Distinction Award; the RT Lifetime Achievement Award; the International Book Award for Green Fiction; the Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award; and her novel, A Lowcountry Christmas, won the prestigious Southern Prize for Fiction. The Beach House is a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, starring Andie MacDowell. Several of her novels have been optioned for film. She is the cocreator and cohost of the weekly web show and podcast Friends & Fiction. Monroe is also an active conservationist and serves on several boards. She lives on the South Carolina coast, which is a source of inspiration for many of her books. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews on May 23, 2018

Two women coming home for two different reasons to the place they loved and the place with many memories. Linnea had finished college, and Cara was coming home to be with family. Linnea came home from college and had no choice but to return, and really didn’t want to be in her childhood home with all......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on May 11, 2018

Isle of Palms, turtle rescue, tragedy, recovery, and complicated family dynamics combine to make Mary Alice Monroe's newest a true gem. The bonds of friends, family, neighbors, and generations take center stage in Cara and Linnea's story. Both have lessons to learn and lessons to deliver. Past pain......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on March 31, 2018

Beach House Reunion Mary Alice Monroe MY RATING ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️▫️ PUBLISHER Gallery Books PUBLISHED May 22, 2018 Beach House Reunion is light and breezy and a joy to read. SUMMARY Beach House Reunion is the fifth novel in the Beach House series by Mary Alice Monroe. The series weaves together the triumphs and......more

Goodreads review by Dale on September 09, 2019

Four and a half stars. Cara Rutledge returns to the Beach House on the Isle of Palms in her early fifties. This time she is coming back to the place that has been a critical part of her life, minus her husband Brett who died three years earlier but also with a baby she has adopted. Baby Hope is a yea......more

Goodreads review by Sherri on June 03, 2018

Good summer read. Read this in a day. This is my 3rd book by Mary Alice Monroe.......more