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The Summer Girls

The Lowcountry Summer Trilogy, Book 1

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The Summer Girls

By: Mary Alice Monroe
Narrated by: Mary Alice Monroe
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About this listen

Three sisters reunite on Sullivan’s Island off the coast of South Carolina after years of separation in this heartwarming first novel in a new trilogy from a beloved author.

80-year-old Marietta Muir is a dowager of Charleston society who has retired to her historic summer home on Sullivan’s Island. At the onset of summer, Marietta - "Mamaw" - seeks to gather her three granddaughters - Carson, Eudora, and Harper - with the intent to reunite them after years apart.

©2013 Mary Alice Monroe (P)2013 AudioGO Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Summer Heartfelt Feel-Good Island

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"[Anyone who] enjoys such fine Southern voices as Pat Conroy will add the talented Monroe to their list of favorites." ( Booklist)
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A pleasurable, easy listen about the relationship between three sisters, with added interest from all the information about dolphins occurring naturally in the story of the relationship between Carson and Blake. Also a sympathetic portrayal of a child with Asperger's.

Loved all the dolphin contribution

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such a feel good story about real life problems and issues we have to deal with everyday. loved the southern feel and beautifully narrated with love. it's one of the first self narrated book I have really enjoyed. loved the marine life info included in the novel

lovely tender novel

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I enjoyed the story. It took a chapter or so to get into it. However there were a few times where a sentence was repeated due to an error in the reading so not edited fully.

Good story but

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This was a really lovely story and I can’t wait to listen to book 2 and 3! The story line went to places I did not expect!

Not what I was expecting

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I absolutely loved this, and learned a lot about dolphins too.
Such a wonderful book, thank you!

A beautiful listen!

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very enjoyable ,twists and turns ,kept my attention.would highly recommended this lovely story about family and the trials and tribulations

excellent

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The nature of the different characters and how they are developed. Description of setting and theme of human response to dolphins

Great sensitivity and wisdom

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This was just a delightful story. Well read, well written and would recommend to anyone

Delightful

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Great to find out about what harm humans can cause to the dolphins it enlightened me on a lot of

I love the dolphins

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I did enjoy this especially the first half.
I had thought that each sister would have been given more depth and plot but only one of them was properly ‘fleshed out!’
Some interesting details about a variety of subjects - dolphins, water sports and autism. Not things which are normally combined.
Nice atmosphere in the old family home and small town.
Lovely warm descriptions of beach experiences.
I liked how it had an open ending.

The recording had not been edited very well and there were many places where the narration duplicated sentences. This was irritating.
The narrator had a beautiful soft and gentle voice though, which was a pleasure to listen to.

Three sisters reunited

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