Swimming Lessons

De: Mary Alice Monroe

Narrado por: Mary Alice Monroe

It's been five years since the original turtle lady, old Miss Lovie Rutledge, passed away, but her legacy lives on with some special women, especially Toy and her daughter, young Little Lovie.

Toy Sooner kept her graveside vow to her beloved mentor. She left behind an abusive, dysfunctional lifestyle to become a strong single mother and aquarist at the South Carolina Aquarium. But success has taken its toll, leaving Toy fearful of change and risks.

Caretta Rutledge, Florence Prescott and Emmaline Baker have all experienced loss. This summer, with each other's friendship and support, they will try to make their dreams a reality.

The turtle season begins the day Toy rescues a sick sea turtle on the beach. When Toy brings the loggerhead to the aquarium, she begins a turtle hospital with the help of her boss, Ethan. As the summer progresses and the sea turtles take their measured steps toward healing and freedom Toy, Cara, Flo and Emmi must find their own strength to face their fears and move courageously toward their futures.

Mary Alice Monroe delivers another deeply satisfying novel written with an eye to nature and keen insights into the connections between women.

©2007 Mary Alice Kruesi (P)2006 Brilliance Audio

Delightful conclusion of series

Heartwarming, fun, and sea turtles! who could go wrong. loved the depth of characters and happy ending.

Continuing reconciliation

Great multifaceted story to continue the story of turtle rescue and finding home to finish the trilogy

Great book!

All of Mary Alice Monroe's books are so great! She puts so much work into researching!

Love Mary Alice Monroe

Her books bring me peace of mind in a crazy day. I really enjoy her stories.

A warm story

It takes a while to climax, but overall a great story. I've enjoyed reading her books so far. I just finished the Beach House before reading this one, which I would suggest.

loved it

loved it , but I do love all her books and she does a great job narrating the story. I really enjoy the turtles too .

Not As Much

I love Ms. Monroe’s books because I usually do not have to hear the Gd word or skip inappropriate moments, but not in this one for the word and I lost respect for Emmie in chapter 13, and Toy reveals that she’s learned nothing from her experience and only in a book would a good man come back after being told to leave once, much less twice.

The love between the ladies and the impact of Miss Lovie

I loved it all and I loved how Cara became a mother to Toi and to Little Lovey. I loved how Brett and Ethan fell in love with Cara and Toi and their love for Little Lovey

I now love turtles!

Beach House was actually my favorite book of all time!! TRUST ME... read it. However the following novels, of which this is one, carry the story further and I was actually sad when I finished all of them. I couldn't wait to get home from work and settled and find myself in a lovely cottage facing the ocean.


I have read BEACH HOUSE several times. Her characters are outstanding as well as her descriptions of the area. A movie was made from Beach House and it was entertaining, but of course, the book is better. I


I recommend anything she writes!

Welcome to the Lowcountry

Isn't it wonderful when you discover a series that you love? Especially when there are already numerous books released, elimunatig that excruciating wait for the next novel to come out?

The Beach House series is that for me. I adore the characters, the setting, and the plots.

On to the next!