Sigh…oh, this book. Written with wisdom, love, and a perfect sense of timing, this is sweet, escapist summertime ChickLit at its best.
I don't know how she does it, but without exception when I read a beach book by Mary Alice Monroe, I feel like I am AT the beach. I mean…sand in my toes, the smell of salt in the air, the roar of the waves. It's just so real.
Cara Rutledge and her husband, Brett Beauchamps, both 50 years old and happily married for 10 years, are living the good life on the Isle of Palms, South Carolina. Cara has beautifully renovated and decorated Brett's small house on the other side of the island so it truly feels like their home. They have been sprucing up Cara's 1930s-era beach house, Primrose Cottage, in anticipation of a summer-long rental. And they really need that income, as money is tight with more bills than cash to pay them. The renter is Heather Wyatt, a beautiful 26-year-old artist, who is nearly agoraphobic. She suffers severe social anxiety and panic attacks, but she finds refuge—and possibly love—on the Isle of Palms. Meanwhile, tragedy strikes for Cara, and she retreats to the beach house in an unlikely arrangement: She becomes roommates with her renter. This is the story of how two women, who are reeling from deep and damaging emotional pain, find solace in the sand and ocean and in each other's care.
Bonus: There are lots of fun facts about seabirds, shorebirds, and wading birds, many of which are endangered.
This is the fourth in a seven-part series. While you can read this without having read the previous three books, I highly recommend that you begin at the beginning with "Beach House."
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The author of 21 books, Mary Alice Monroe continues to deliver characters we love and stories we crave. “Beach House for Rent” is the 4th in the Beach House Series and we revisit Cara Rutledge, her husband, Brett, as well as other beloved characters on the Isle of Palms. To her many loyal readers, each book is like a reunion with old friends. If you are new to Mary Alice Monroe, you have many happy hours of page turning ahead. Lucky you.The setting is Cara’s oceanfront cottage on the Isle of Palms. Close to her heart and far more than just a house, Cara inherited the cottage, named Primrose, from her mother, Lovie. The long-cherished beach house is filled with warm memories which serve to ground Cara when work and life careen out of control, soothing her soul, healing her heart.In “Beach House for Rent”, Cara rents her home to a young woman, an artist in need of precisely such a place. This latest work continues the satisfying tradition of Monroe’s southern fiction stories about contemporary women and the coastal environment. During one life-changing summer, Cara and her young renter find they have much in common and form a bond of friendship with each other and a very special beach house.Mary Alice Monroe sets herself apart among southern fiction authors by weaving real time conservation issues and solutions into the fabric of the plot. Previous books have focused on the plight of sea turtles on South Carolina’s barrier islands, bottle-nosed dolphins, Monarch butterflies and more.In this latest novel, Monroe shines a light on the problems faced by shore birds of the southeastern coast and how the irresponsible littering of our oceans and beaches is causing great harm to these beautiful birds. Monroe does all this without preaching or politicizing. Her readers learn about wildlife and conservation issues and want to help, volunteer initiatives are created and progress continues to be made. Monroe is much more than a writer. She is a game changer. The word is this is the last book in the Beach House series. Of course, her loyal readers wish these stories would never end but we can be assured whatever Mary Alice Monroe has planned next will be full of new characters that feel like old friends and we will all be signing up to lend a helping hand.
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Another fabulous book to immerse yourself in.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2019
