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Last Light over Carolina

By: Mary Alice Monroe
Narrated by: Sandra Burr
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With a warm voice that brings the South to life, New York Times best-selling author Mary Alice Monroe writes richly textured novels that intimately portray the complex and emotional relationships shared among family, friends, and the natural world.

Here, in Last Light Over Carolina, Monroe tells the haunting and touching story of a longtime shrimp boat captain and his wife of 30 years on the day he is injured at sea.

On an otherwise ordinary day, in a small shrimping village off the coast of South Carolina, a boat goes missing. The entire town rallies as all are mobilized to find the lost vessel. Throughout the course of one day, flashbacks of Bud Morrison, the captain on board, and Carolina, his wife, reveal the happier days of a once-thriving shrimping industry juxtaposed with the memories of their long term marriage.

Through her wonderfully evocative storytelling and keen insights into the human heart, Mary Alice Monroe has yet again delivered an exceptional and engaging work of fiction.

©2009 Mary Alice Kruesi (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Family Life Genre Fiction Women's Fiction Heartfelt
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This is one of the better books by Monroe. The plot is well developed as are the characters. The plot weaves back and forth in time and is very engaging.

Very nicely intertwined plot

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This is one of the best stories I have ever heard. I grew up on the NC coast amongst fishermen and hurricanes. I could easily place my family or a neighbor in this wonderful story . Read from the heart. I have smiled and cried listening to a story of love, loss and what it means to be the wife of a fisherman/shrimper. Thank you

So close to heart and home

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I could imagine the wind and waves and smell the Atlantic. it's a very good read.

wonderful! I could see the scenes in my mind.

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Wonderfully written and true to the area of South Carolina, enjoyed listening to it. The narrator it’s pleasant to hear.

Great story

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This author always delivers. I can count on loving all her books. I have been a fan of hers for years.

I love stories with this setting!

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I live along the gulf coast so the shrimping theme was of interest to me. However, once all the actors had been identified, I could pretty much tell how this tale was going to go. There were no surprises, no protagonist, and not much of interest. But if you’re looking for a love story, you may like this one

A ho-hum love story

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