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EPISODE · May 9, 2025 · 46 MIN

Friends & Fiction with Mary Alice Monroe

from Friends & Fiction · host Bleav+ Mary Kay Andrews + Kristin Harmel + Kristy Woodson Harvey + Patti Callahan Henry + Ron Block

On this episode, the full Fab Four—Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey & Patti Callahan Henry — welcome New York Times bestselling author (and one of the original five founders of Friends & Fiction!), Mary Alice Monroe, to discuss her highly anticipated new book, WHERE THE RIVERS MERGE, the first of two epic and triumphant novels celebrating one intrepid woman's life across multiple generations in the American South. Mary Alice is the NYT-bestselling author of 27 books, including THE SUMMER OF LOST AND FOUND, the 2021 installment in her beloved BEACH HOUSE series. Nearly 8-million copies of her books have been published worldwide and she has earned numerous accolades and awards including induction into the South Carolina Academy of Authors’ Hall of Fame, the International Book Award for Green Fiction, and the prestigious Southern Book Prize for Fiction. An active conservationist, Mary Alice has championed the fragility of the earth’s wild habitat and the coastal southern landscape in her work and does hands-on volunteering with animals, including as a proud 20-year state-certified member of the Island Turtle Team. We are so excited to get the band back together and chat with Mary Alice all about WHERE THE RIVERS MERGE which has gotten starred reviews from both Booklist and Library Journal and which Lisa Wingate calls, “book club fiction at its finest!” Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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