Monroe returns to her beloved South with a sequel to her hit The Beach House.
Until this autumn, this time of winds and tides, of holding on and letting go....
This emotional tale of a strong woman torn between duty and desire, between tradition and change, is an empowering journey through the seasons of self-discovery.
Stratton\'s influence is far-reaching, and if she dares to dream beyond a summer affair, she risks losing her reputation, her wealth, even her children.
Their shared interest brings them together, and soon it blooms into a passionate, profound love--forcing Lovie to face an agonizing decision.
Then, in the summer of \'74, biologist Russell Bennett visits to research the loggerheads.
Here, she is the Turtle Lady, tending the loggerhead turtles that lay their eggs in the warm night sand and then slip back into the sea.
Precious summers with her children on the barrier island are Lovie\'s refuge from social expectations and her overbearing husband\'s philandering.
But she refused to relinquish one thing: her family\'s old seaside cottage.
When Lovie married aristocratic, well-connected businessman Stratton Rutledge, she turned over her fortune and fate to his control.
In 1974, America is changing, but Charleston remains eternally the same.
As the seasons change, Lovie remembers one special summer...
Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of the Lowcountry Summer trilogy, returns to her beloved South with Beach House Memories, the sequel to The Beach House!Autumn brings haunting beauty to the sun-soaked dunes on Isle of Palms, where Olivia Lovie Rutledge lives in her beloved Primrose Cottage.
But one thing she steadfastly refuses to relinquish: her family\'s old seaside cottage.
Olivia had always done what was expected--marrying the son of a historic Charleston family, and turning over her fortune to his control.
In 1974, America was changing, but Charleston remained eternally the same.
Monroe returns to her beloved South with a sequel to her hit The Beach House
