Joanna Harrison has played by the rules all of her life. She has been the kind, gentle mother and supportive wife who has always put her family's needs above her own. Of course, living the corporate life entails many sacrifices which is why she really has no place to truly call home. With each promotion has come another new town full of unfamiliar faces and nuances that Joanna has learned to accept as part of her transient life.
After twenty-five years of non-stop giving, Joanna suddenly finds herself alone. With her children off living their own lives, all that is left is an empty house that she shares with a man who is never home. When the prospect of another transfer looms on the horizon, Joanna does the unthinkable. She simply leaves. Why should she bear the emotional turmoil associated with starting over again when it's not on her terms? Who says she has to support her husband when he has never taken her feelings into consideration? Finally, the time has come for her to spread her wings.
As she embarks on her journey, she leaves New Jersey and heads to the one place that evokes peace and solitude in her mind, Pawley's Island, South Carolina. With no plan in store, Joanna throws caution to the wind and begins a new chapter of her life with only herself in mind. What starts out as a joyous adventure becomes the metamorphosis of a woman struggling to find her true self. Will she be able to make peace with her family without destroying the life she has so earnestly created? Is the price she must pay for her freedom worth closing the door to her past?
THE RICHEST SEASON is a compelling debut novel by the gifted author Maryann McFadden that tells the story of one woman's courage to leave it all behind to unearth the inner core of her soul. Well-written, thought-provoking, and emotional at times...THE RICHEST SEASON is indeed the best time of life.
Sometimes you have to leave your life to find yourself
again . . .
After more than a dozen moves in twenty-five years of
marriage, Joanna Harrison is lonely and tired of being a
corporate wife. Her children are grown and gone, her
husband is more married to his job than to her, and now
they're about to pack up once more. Panicked at the
thought of having to start all over again, Joanna commits
the first irresponsible act of her life. She runs away to
Pawleys Island, South Carolina, a place she's been to just
once.
She finds a job as a live-in companion to Grace Finelli, a
widow who has come to the island to fulfill a girlhood
dream. Together the two women embark on the most difficult
journey of their lives: Joanna struggling for
independence, roots, and a future of her own, as her
family tugs at her from afar; and Grace, choosing to live
the remainder of her life for herself alone, knowing she
may never see her children again.
Entwined is Paul Harrison's story as he loses his wife,
his job, and everything that defines him as a man. He
takes off on his own journey out west, searching for the
answers to all that has gone wrong in his life. One thing
remains constant: He wants his wife back.
Joanna, however, is moving farther away from her old life
as she joins a group dedicated to rescuing endangered
loggerhead turtles, led by a charismatic fisherman unlike
anyone she's ever met.
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