I really enjoyed this book. The main character is very believable. The story is very complete throughout which is satisfying. The best book I've read in a while. It does give you pause to examine your own life, past-present-future.

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My first time reading a Maryann McFadden book and was pleasantly surprised at how good this book was....the story pulls you right in and you feel like you are right there with the characters. McFadden writes with a lot of warmth and depth. Really enjoyed this book and will look for more of her books in the future!

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Maryann McFadden is a new author for me...this is a bitter sweet read..changes in a woman's life as many of you are today..it looks not just from the woman point of view but also from the man's view...which was interesting to read...the seasons of our lives...good read if you are going to the beach...

A quirky charm takes the place of easy answers in this midlife tear-up,A neglected corporate wife for 25 years, Joanna Harrison rebels when husband Paul receives yet another move-necessitating promotion. Before they go, with her children grown, Joanna gets in her car and leaves their upscale Jersey digs. Ending up at Pawley's Island, S.C., Joanna meets Grace, an elderly artist who has a house on the ocean and needs a live-in companion. A floundering Paul heads to Pawley Island to try to woo Joanna back, but soon has further crises to face. Skillful plotting keeps pages turning, and McFadden quickly has readers rooting for intriguing Joanna, on the cusp of change.

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This is a great novel about a woman who leave the corporate world and her husband and finds Pawleys Island, the wonderful, warm, world of Pawleys Island on the Coast of South Carolina. Her cares became my cares, and her new life taught her many lessons about what life
has to offer! Great fast read!

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Sometimes you have to leave your life behind in order to finally find yourself. So it is for Joanna Harrison: perfect wife and mother of twenty-five years. Joanna finds herself at a crossroads in her life - after more than a dozen moves over the span of a twenty-five year marriage, she is lonely, bored, and tired of playing the role of a corporate wife.

Her children are grown and gone, her husband is more married to his job than he is to her, and now they're about to pack up once more. Joanna just can't take any more. Panicked at the thought of having to start all over again, she commits the first irresponsible act of her life. She runs away to Pawleys Island, South Carolina, a place she has 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, while 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 in effect, 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 further 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.

This is Ms. McFadden's debut novel - a stunning story of three very different people, each changing their lives at a time when such transformations are usually long over. In my opinion, this book was delightful. I found myself quickly engrossed in the lives and various predicaments of the characters, rooting for them all to come through their own difficulties relatively unscathed. I give this book an A+! and look forward to reading Ms. McFadden's next book sometime in the future.

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A light, enjoyable summer read.

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I really enjoyed this book! I think alot of women can relate to the character Joanna. And the character Grace really added alot to this book. Two woman whom start out as strangers. Come to help each other.

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I just finished this book and it was quite a tear-jerker! Have those tissues ready. A satisfying read and I think most women would feel the same way Joanna did when she was faced with Grace and her secret.

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