The Summer of Lost and Found, Mary Alice Monroe
The Summer of Lost and Found, Mary Alice Monroe
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The Summer of Lost and Found

Bestseller

Author: Mary Alice Monroe

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 9 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/11/2021


Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling Beach House series continues with this timely, tender, and compassionate tale of perseverance, love, and the bonds of family in the face of tremendous and sometimes painful upheaval.

The coming of spring usually means renewal, but for Linnea Rutledge, this spring is only bringing challenges. Linnea faces a layoff from the aquarium she adores, and her family’s finances, emotions, and health teeter on 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 tries to ignore him, but when he sends her plaintive notes in the form of paper airplanes, old sparks ignite. When Gordon at last reaches the island, Linnea wonders—is it possible to love two men at the same time?

Love in the time of COVID-19 proves difficult, at times humorous, and ever changing. Relationships are redefined, friendships made and broken, and marriages tested. As the weeks turn to months, and another sea turtle season comes to a close, Linnea learns there are more meaningful lessons during this summer than opportunities lost: that summer is a time of wonder, and that the exotic lives in our own backyards.

Poignant and moving, The Summer of Lost and Found is “a novel of growing up, saying goodbye to the past, and learning to ask yourself the hard questions, including one of the most vital of all: ‘Who do you really want to be?’” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author).

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 Big Time Book Junkie on February 20, 2021

While I usually am a sucker for a Mary Alice Monroe book, The Summer of Lost and Found wasn't really my cup of tea. I think it will appeal to many, many readers, as her work does, but it didn't do it for me. The book was filled with far too many references to the coronavirus, social distancing, masks......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on May 21, 2021

Favorite author alert! I look forward to Mary Alice Monroe’s books every summer. She writes southern fiction with an environmental/ecological twist, and I never tire of that. Set in the spring of 2020, in Isle of Palms, South Carolina (swoon! If you’ve ever been, you know!) there is much to relate to......more

Goodreads review by Karen on March 20, 2021

I have thoroughly enjoyed following the Rutledge family through the Beach House series. This multigenerational saga has highlighted strong female protagonists, the beauty of the low country and the beloved sea turtles. Unfortunately this last offering was very disappointing. The storyline features th......more

Goodreads review by Heather~ Nature.books.and.coffee on April 10, 2021

This book takes place during the coronavirus pandemic. Linnea gets laid off from her job at the Charleston Aquarium. She is currently renting her Aunt Caras beach house and is worried about paying her rent. Her current love interest, George, is trying to make it there from England to be with her, an......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on March 05, 2021

I was disappointed in this book which did not fit with the rest of the series. The Rutledge family and the sea turtles are the basis of the series but not in this book. The story mainly focuses around the pandemic and is mentioned in every paragraph. The sea turtles are mentioned just three times an......more