For example, The Beach House and Swimming Lessons refer to the plight of injured sea turtles.
[1][2] Monroe currently resides in South Carolina, and many of her novels are set in the southern United States and feature "strong Southern women".
[3] Her novel Time Is a River is about breast cancer survivors in a fly-fishing group in North Carolina, and Last Light Over Carolina describes the life and times of the shrimping industry.
Mary Alice Monroe is a 2018 inductee to the South Carolina Academy of Authors.
This is a full list of novels from the author's website.