Mary Alice Monroe
Autumn brings haunting beauty to the sun-soaked dunes on Isle of Palms, where Olivia â€œLovieâ€ Rutledge lives in her beloved Primrose Cottage. As the seasons change, Lovie remembers one special summerâ€¦,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 familyâ€™s old seaside cottage. Precious summers with her children on the barrier island are Lovieâ€™s refuge from social expectations and her overbearing husbandâ€™s philandering. Here, she is the â€œTurtle Lady,â€ 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 â€˜74, biologist Russell Bennett visits to research the loggerheads. Their shared interest brings them together, and soon it blooms into a passionate, profound loveâ€”forcing Lovie to face an agonizing decision. Strattonâ€™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 goâ€¦
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