Where the Rivers Merge

By Mary Alice Monroe

Book Overview

USA TODAY BESTSELLER

"Wade into the Lowcountry of South Carolina with Mary Alice Monroe's sweeping Southern epic."--People

"This is book club fiction at its finest " --Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author

From the New York Times bestselling author, the first of two epic and triumphant novels celebrating one intrepid woman's life across multiple generations in the American South.

1908: The Lowcountry of South Carolina is at the cusp of change. Mayfield, the grand estate held for generations by the Rivers family, is the treasured home of young Eliza. A free spirit, she refuses to be confined by societal norms and spends her days exploring the vast property, observing wildlife, and riding horses. But the Great War, coastal storms, and family turmoil bring unexpected challenges to Eliza, putting her on a collision course with the patriarchal traditions of a bygone era.

1988: At 88, Eliza is the scion of the Rivers/DeLancey family. She's fought a lifetime to save her beloved Mayfield and is too independent and committed to quietly retire and leave the fate of the estate to her greedy son. She must make decisions that will assure the future of the land and her family--or watch them both be split apart.

Set against the evocative landscape of the twentieth-century Lowcountry, Where the Rivers Merge is a dramatic and sweeping multigenerational family story of unyielding love, lessons learned, profound sacrifices, and the indomitable spirit of a woman determined to persevere in the face of change in order to protect her family legacy and the land she loves.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063249421
• ISBN13: 9780063249424
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Totally loved!

The book was exceptional in every way. Anyone who knows the characters in Monroe's last series, The Beach House, will understand when I say that Lovey, Flo and Russell Bennett would love it too. Though it's not about loggerheads, SC nature is in most pages! I hope she writes book 2 really quickly as I can't wait for it, The Rivers End

A female character to admire

A beautiful story about Eliza Rivers. She having just turned 88 realizes that she must secure her legacy and her family's property Mayfield. While seeking out how she tells two of her family's female descendants the stories of growing up amid the turmoil that rolled through the south in the 20th century. Her experiences with segregation and the Jim Crowe laws. Her life during the losses of WWI. Her stories spin a tale of female and racial injustices, horrible grief, the bonds of friendship and her enduring love of Mayfield.