TY  - BOOK
AU  - Monroe,Mary Alice
TI  - Where the Rivers Merge
SN  - 9780063249424
PY  - 2025///]
CY  - New York, New York
PB  - William Morrow, an imprint of  HarperCollinsPublishers
KW  - Women chief executive officers
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Women executives
KW  - Family-owned business enterprises
KW  - Plantations
KW  - Families
KW  - Land tenure
KW  - Real property
KW  - Conservation easements
KW  - Mothers and sons
KW  - Natural history
KW  - South Carolina
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - Novels
N2  - "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. Shes 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"--
ER  -