Last Light Over Carolina
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. 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.
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New York Times "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.