The Richest Season, Maryann McFadden
The Richest Season, Maryann McFadden
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The Richest Season
A Novel

Author: Maryann McFadden

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 12 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/28/2008

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

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.

About Maryann McFadden

Maryann McFadden has been a successful realtor for the past twenty years, but she always wanted to be a novelist. The Richest Season began as her thesis project when she returned to school for a master's degree in literature. She lives in Hackettstown, New Jersey, where she is at work on her next novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Deborah on February 01, 2025

The whole time reading it I was thinking y’all they looking for God without looking for God. The story follows a married couple who after their kids have flown the coop realize that they don’t know each other anymore. The husband was a big corporate guy who was busy all the time so his wife finally......more

Goodreads review by Mary on December 17, 2013

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, bo......more

Goodreads review by Judy on July 27, 2012

Mayann McFadden is most definitely the hottest up and coming author! Don't miss this one and her latest - "So Happy Together!" " You will want to read all her books, especially the new one - the Book Lover!......more

Goodreads review by Dorothy on May 08, 2009

Paul and Joanne Harrison's marriage has come to an impasse. He is an executive at V.I.C., and his life is his work. The stress is showing when he realizes that his frequent business trips across the country is effecting his health. The cotton balls that he has been placing in his ears during flight......more

Goodreads review by Monie on June 20, 2008

The story begins with corporate wife, Joanna, faced with yet another move to a new city. In her 25 years as Paul’s wife she’s moved and started over more than a dozen times. Never able to have close friends or meaningful jobs Joanna finally says no more and leaves her home and heads to a small islan......more