Mary Alice Monroe

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...

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?

Every woman in the lowcountry knows the unspoken fear that clutches the heart every time her man sets out to sea. Now that fear has become a terrible reality for Carolina Morrison. Her husband, shrimp boat captain Bud Morrison, the only man she's ever loved, is lost and alone somewhere in the vast Atlantic fishing grounds, with a storm gathering and last light falling.--From publisher's description.

At Cara Rutledge's home on Isle of Palms, everything is comfortingly the same, yet rife with painful memories. Her niece Linnea rejoins the turtle team, learns to surf, and falls in love. But can she find the courage she needs to break from tradition? Three generations of the Rutledge family will need to break destructive family patterns, and forge new bonds that will endure long beyond one summer reunion. -- adapted from jacket "Continuing the saga...

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.

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...

Trois petites-filles. Trois mois. Une maison d'été Quand ses petites-filles étaient jeunes, Marietta « Mamaw » Muir les invitait à passer l'été à Sea Breeze, sa maison historique de Sullivan's Island. Les demisoeurs Dora, Carson et Harper, si différentes les unes des autres, faisaient la course le long de l'océan, se réjouissant de leur liberté. Cependant, il y a longtemps que les soucis liés à la vie d'adulte ont remplacé cette...

Trois petites-filles. Trois mois. Une maison d'été Dans cette trilogie captivante qui se déroule à Sullivan's Island, en Caroline du Sud, Mary Alice Monroe, auteure à succès du New York Times, dresse le portrait des relations complexes entre trois demi-soeurs vivant aux quatre coins du pays et de leur grand-mère déterminée à les aider à redécouvrir les liens qui les unissent. Située en plein cœur d'un boisé de chênes et de palmiers...

Trois petites-filles. Trois mois. Une maison d'été Dans l'intense conclusion de sa trilogie Les étés sur la cte, Mary Alice Monroe, auteure à succès du New York Times, retourne au charme et à la beauté sensuelle de Sullivan's Island en Caroline du Sud et à la famille Muir - trois demi-soeurs liées par leur amour pour leur grand-mère et la cte de la Caroline - dans une histoire inoubliable sur les liens familiaux et un amour aussi fort...

In this tale that explores the themes of class, women's rights and domestic abuse in the 1970s American South, the author returns to her classic Southern setting in the Isle of Palms with the sequel to her novel The Beach House. She weaves together issues of class, women's rights, and domestic abuse set in the tumultuous South during the 1970s as she tells the story of Olivia, "Lovie" Rutledge, the mother from The Beach House. As Lovie sits on the...