Sweetgrass

Sweetgrass Is A Historic Tract Of Land In South Carolina That Has Been Home To The Blakely Family For Eight Generations. But Sweetgrass—named For The Indigenous Grass That Grows In The Area—is In Trouble. Taxes Are Skyrocketing. Bulldozers Are Leveling The Surrounding Properties. And The Blakelys Could Be Forced To Sell The One Thing That Continues To Hold Their Disintegrating Family Together. In This Poignant Novel Of Hope, Acceptance And The Powerful Gift Of Forgiveness, Mary Alice Monroe Paints An Intimate Portrait Of A Family That Must Learn To Unravel Old Patterns And Weave Together A New Future. Sweetgrass is a historical tract of land in South Carolina that has been home to the Blakely family for eight generations. But Sweetgrass--named for the indigenous grass that grows in the area--is in trouble. Bulldozers are leveling surrounding properties. And the Blakelys could be forced to sell the one thing that continues to hold their disintegrating family together. For some of the Blakelys, the prospect of selling Sweetgrass is bittersweet--for others, it is completely unimaginable. But as they find the strength to stay and fight, they realize that their bond as a family is all they need to stay together