The Beach House by Mary Alice MonroeFIC MON available at Beaufort, Bluffton, and Hilton Head
Large Print available at Lobeco
"What girl/woman out there has not had issues with her mother? This tender tale set in the Lowcountry on the Isle of Palms solves the age old question "Can one ever go home again?" After twenty years in Chicago Caretta comes home to visit her ailing mother and renews old friendships and a new love interest. The book is beautifully written and is FULL of facts about loggerhead turtles and nest-watching activities. The author herself is on the Isle of Palms turtle team and each chapter leads off with fact about the loggerheads and within the chapter characters mirror the struggles of the loggerheads. THE BEACH HOUSE is a worthwhile examination of a life and how misunderstandings can build walls, and how opening lines of communication can melt those hardened walls. It's the best of summer reading--something light, something poignant, something that fills you with awe and the circle of life, with a bit of romance and natural history thrown in to boot. It will make you appreciate the beguiling wonders of life in the Lowcountry. 4 Stars!"
Review provided by Brenda Beasley, Beaufort County Library (staff)
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