Review: "The Summer Girls," by Mary Alice Munroe

THREE GRANDDAUGHTERS. THREE MONTHS. ONE SUMMER HOUSE.

As children, the three Muir granddaughters adored their summers on Sullivan's Island in South Carolina, visiting their grandmother at "Sea Breeze," the lovely old summer home the family has treasured for generations.

But now the girls are grown and scattered across the country, and "Mamaw" senses the fraying family bonds will not survive when she is gone. Scheming to lure her "Summer Girls" home, she invites them to celebrate her eightieth birthday in the lowcountry.

For years, Carson Muir has drifted, bound only by her ties to the ocean. Now penniless, Carson is the first to return to Sea Breeze, wondering where things went wrong - until the sea brings a minor miracle, an astonishing dolphin who helps her rediscover her sisters and finally face haunting memories of her father. As the gentle rhythms of the island open her heart, Carson is ready at last to take her first steps toward her future...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijRBPxMjuFU