{"product_id":"where-the-rivers-merge-9780063442085","title":"Where the Rivers Merge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is book club fiction at its finest!\u003c\/strong\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Lisa Wingate, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe comes her highly anticipated \u003cem\u003eWhere the Rivers Merge\u003c\/em\u003e, the first of two epic and triumphant novels celebrating one intrepid woman's life across multiple generations in the American South.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1908: 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. Free spirited, she refuses to be confined by societal norms. Instead, Eliza revels in exploring the golden fields and sparkling ponds of Mayfield, observing wildlife, and riding horses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut her halcyon days are cut short by the Great War, coastal storms, and unexpected challenges to Mayfield. As Eliza battles personal pains and the ravages of family turmoil over the years, her love and devotion for the natural world puts her on a collision course with the patriarchal traditions of a bygone era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1988: 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the evocative landscape of the twentieth-century low country, \u003cem\u003eWhere the Rivers Merge\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow Large Print\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063442085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Mary Alice Monroe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45187198091445,"sku":"9780063442085","price":28.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_84913221-07d0-4b60-b26e-165835d4f9a9.jpg?v=1742271422","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/where-the-rivers-merge-9780063442085","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}