With their father and brothers away at the World’s Fair in Chicago, 15-year-old Alice MacLeish must look after her mother, who has suffered from consumption (tuberculosis) since Alice was an infant. In the small village of Carolina Beach, they are part of an insular group that includes the town doctor and his wife, so all eyes are on them when Alice’s mother slips into an irreversible coma. Soon gossip turns ugly and Alice’s world begins to collapse as well.
Overview About “The Summer Girls” by “Mary Alice Monroe”
Most of us lose track of friends in transition times—moving, graduating, getting married. That’s why most reunions are ten years apart. But what if summer or two slipped by without your noticing? Could you find your old best friend? Could she still be your best friend? That’s what happens to Billie Dupree when she returns to her North Carolina hometown for her twenty-fifth high school reunion. Her old best friend is now a very successful woman and mother, but from afar it seems that something dark and dangerous has been lurking in her life for years. Something Billie doesn’t want to see about her friend…or about herself. When their friendship ends, they have an explosive confrontation that makes them both realize how far they’ve drifted from each other and themselves.
Review About “The Summer Girls” by “Mary Alice Monroe”
If you like books that feature real Southern women and their lives, then you’ll love The Summer Girls. It’s a tale of three cousins who are so different from each other it’s almost as if they’re not related, but they all share a deep connection with one another and they will do anything to protect their special bond. I read it in one sitting because I was so drawn into their world and couldn’t put it down! If you’re looking for an engrossing summer read, then try The Summer Girls! You won’t be disappointed. 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Mary Alice Monroe’s The Summer Girls (And How They Can Change Your Life) Review about The Summer Girls by Mary Alice Monroe: If you like books that feature real Southern women and their lives, then you’ll love The Summer Girls.
About “Mary Alice Monroe” the author of “The Summer Girls”
Mary Alice Monroe was born in 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia, but spent her formative years in Morganton, North Carolina. She attended Gardner Webb University and Western Carolina University and later took additional graduate courses at Appalachian State University. In 1968 she moved to New Bern, North Carolina, where she met her husband; they have one son. For twenty-three years she taught school while raising a family and working on her writing. Her first novel The Little School (written under the pen name of Alice Adams) was published in 1988.
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