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Last Light Over Carolina - by Mary Alice Monroe (Paperback)

Last Light Over Carolina - by  Mary Alice Monroe (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From a beloved "New York Times"-bestselling author comes a new novel of the sultry South Carolina lowcountry, and the proud traditions and earthy resilience of the people who live there.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Last Light Over Carolina <p/>Every woman in the sultry South Carolina low country knows the unspoken fear that clutches the heart every time her man sets out to sea.</b> Now, that fear has become a terrible reality for Carolina Morrison. Her husband, shrimp boat captain Bud Morrison, is lost and alone somewhere in the vast Atlantic fishing grounds, with a storm gathering and last light falling. Over the course of one terrifying, illuminating day, Carolina looks back across thirty years of love and loss, joy and sorrow: How she rejected a well-to-do upbringing to marry Bud and embrace his extraordinary lifestyle by the sea . . . how hard times and loneliness have driven them apart . . . and how, with one mistake, she may have shattered their once-unbreakable bond forever. While their the close-knit community rallies together to search for one of its own, Carolina knows their love must somehow call him home, across miles of rough water and unspeakable memories. <p/><i><br>New York Times </i>bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe explores a vanishing feature of the southern coastline, the mysterious yet time-honored shrimping culture, in a compelling tale of a strong woman struggling to prove that love is a light that never dies.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Mary Alice Monroe is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of twenty-seven books, including the bestselling The Beach House series. Monroe also writes children's picture books, and a new middle grade fiction series called The Islanders. She is a member of the South Carolina Academy of Authors' Hall of Fame, and her books have received numerous awards, including the South Carolina Center for the Book Award for Writing; the South Carolina Award for Literary Excellence; the SW Florida Author of Distinction Award; the RT Lifetime Achievement Award; the International Book Award for Green Fiction; the Henry Bergh Children's Book Award; and her novel, <i>A Lowcountry Christmas</i>, won the prestigious Southern Prize for Fiction. <i>The Beach House</i> is a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, starring Andie MacDowell. Several of her novels have been optioned for film. She is the cocreator and cohost of the weekly web show and podcast <i>Friends & Fiction</i>. Monroe is also an active conservationist and serves on several boards. She lives on the South Carolina coast, which is a source of inspiration for many of her books.

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