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. As the seasons change, Lovie remembers
one special summer... In 1974, America is changing, but Charleston
remains eternally the same. When Lovie married aristocratic,
well-connected businessman Stratton Rutledge, she turned over her
fortune and fate to his control. But she refused to relinquish one
thing: her family's old seaside cottage. Precious summers with her
children on the barrier island are Lovie's refuge from social
expectations and her overbearing husband's philandering. 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. Then, in the summer
of '74, biologist Russell Bennett visits to research the loggerheads.
Their shared interest brings them together, and soon it blooms into a
passionate, profound love--forcing Lovie to face an agonizing decision.
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. 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. Until this autumn, this time of winds and
tides, of holding on and letting go...
