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Mary Alice Monroe

New York Times Bestselling Author

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Recent Posts

  • A NOTE OF REFLECTIONS AND HOLIDAY WISHES
  • CREATING MEANINGFUL HOLIDAY TRADITIONS
  • Save the Planet? Light One Candle
  • SAVING A VITAL PELICAN ISLAND
  • LADIES’ NIGHT

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Save the Planet? Light One Candle

October 5, 2018 by Mary Alice Monroe 8 Comments

As a child I wanted to save the planet, but the problems seemed so large, so many.  I am one of ten children and my father attempted to calm me by telling me not to try to save the entire world, but instead to light one candle.  I was too young to understand the wisdom of that advice. But now I do.  In modern parlance it is “Think globally.  Act locally.”

The problems of the environmental crisis seem sometimes overwhelming.  It’s easy to tune out.  To give up. Please don’t! Never before has it been so important for each person to ask: What can I do, right here, right now, to make a difference? How can I help?

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7 GIFT IDEAS FOR YOUR OWN LOWCOUNTRY CHRISTMAS

December 12, 2017 by Mary Alice Monroe 1 Comment

Lowcountry Christmas

Starfish Santa says: Books make great gifts!

Recently my publisher Simon & Schuster asked me to write something special for the holidays for their book content site dedicated to women’s fiction and romance. The topic is a fun spin on my novels: If my book characters came to life, what would be the perfect presents they would give this Christmas season?

The items I selected have a connection to South Carolina’s Lowcountry landscape, where most of my novels are centered. And some on the list are my personal favorites, too! I receive no compensation for any of the items mentioned. Click the link to read my guest post:

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: A Lowcountry Christmas, books, Firefly Distillery, Geechie Boy Mill, gift ideas, holiday shopping, Last Light over Carolina, Lowcountry Summer series, Mary Alice Monroe, perfect presents, Sandpiper Gallery, South Carolina Aquarium, Spartina 449, The Beach House series, Yeti

The Novel, the Wedding, and the Island Getaway

March 28, 2016 by Mary Alice Monroe 12 Comments

“Isn’t that what a wedding is all about? The gathering of family. The sharing of stories. The linking of arms. For better or for worse.”
–A Lowcountry Wedding

Photo Credit: Kate McDonald Bridal

Photo Credit: Kate McDonald Bridal

I’ve been married for more than forty years, yet this spring, I feel like a bride again! I’ve swooned over wedding gown photos, selected color schemes, envisioned floral arrangements, planned a menu for the guests, held signature cocktail taste-testings, even ooh-ed and ahh-ed over formal wear and hand-crafted bow ties for the groom and his men. 

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