02085cam a2200337 4500 433398884 TxAuBib 20140224120000.0 130517s2013||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2013020259 9781611739169 $36.95 1611739160 $36.95 wh lw SKYRV TxAuBib Monroe, Mary Alice. The summer girls [large print] / Mary Alice Monroe. Large print edition. Thorndike, ME : Center Point Large Print, 2013. 455 p. ; 23 cm. Lowcountry summer trilogy ; ; 1 Includes "Dolphin facts" and a readers group guide. Three granddaughters. Three months. One summer house. In this trilogy set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, the author captures the complex relationships between three half sisters scattered across the country, and a grandmother determined to help them rediscover their family bonds. Set amid ancient live oaks and palmettos, overlooking the water, historic Sea Breeze is Marietta Muir's ancestral summer home. Her granddaughters once adored vacations there, but it has been years since they have visited. Mamaw fears once she is gone, the family bonds will fray. The Muir family is one of Charleston's oldest and the blood of their pirate captain ancestor runs strong, so Marietta drops a subtle promise of loot, pearl necklaces, priceless antique furniture, even the house, to lure her "summer girls" back to the lowcountry. 20140224. Women South Carolina Fiction. Grandmothers Fiction. Stepsisters Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Large type books. Sullivan's Island (S.C. : Island) Fiction. Domestic fiction. Lowcountry summer trilogy ; ; 1.