Mean Low Water by Stephanie Alexander Book Review
- Tabitha Tomala
- Aug 3
- 3 min read
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Mean Low Water Book Synopsis
Two small-town besties once shared everything. By age thirty-five, one woman is living a seemingly perfect life. The other may be dead.
Charleston divorce attorney Lisa “LeeLee” Moretz has a successful career, a beautiful family, and a coveted South of Broad address. But beneath the tranquil surface, her own marriage is crumbling. When her first love, Peace Smith, appears at her office with alarming news about her old friend Ginny Blankenship, LeeLee is catapulted into a missing-person case. She also realizes she's never truly gotten over Peace, who left town with Ginny a decade ago.
In high school, carefree daredevil Ginny makes no secret of her prophetic powers, but dark addictions are budding under her chaotic charm. When Ginny meets cautious new girl LeeLee, she’s surprised to discover they share the ability to see into the future and the past. Ginny embraces LeeLee and draws her into a tight-knit circle of friends, including Peace, Ginny’s charismatic but troubled boyfriend.
Now Peace has returned to the Lowcountry, but he’s a prime suspect in Ginny’s disappearance. LeeLee must uncover the truth about Ginny, and her own future hinges on Peace’s innocence. Through LeeLee and Ginny’s divergent life trajectories and complicated bond, Mean Low Water explores the power of lifelong relationships.
Mean Low Water Book Review
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Ginny has gone missing, but to most, this is no surprise as her abuse of substances has led her down dark roads. However, when her ex-boyfriend, Peace, urges LeeLee to look for her, a mysterious email also happens to appear, blaming Peace for Ginny's murder. Past friendships and new doubts will arise as LeeLee, Peace, and their friends begin to investigate Ginny's disappearance.
Mean Low Water explores many concepts, one of which is how the choices we make in life can drastically change where we end up. LeeLee and Ginny may share the same abilities, but one chooses to suppress them while the other embraces them to the point of obsession. Ginny’s downward spiral is heartbreaking as it unfolds. Readers will witness the past through Ginny’s eyes, while LeeLee struggles in the present to find her and keep her own life together.
The investigation LeeLee embarks on will expose uneasy answers. Each chapter will keep readers guessing and changing opinions on what exactly happened and who is at fault. A childhood of friendship will only take people so far. Not all relationships are meant to last. But I’m sure the ending will be nothing the readers expect.
Stephanie Alexander does a brilliant job of painting the setting of a Southern ocean side escape in the reader's mind. From the adventures the friends share together growing up, to the daily interactions between townsfolk, there is no doubt readers will smell the ocean air and feel the customs/culture. And the characters are so well written, filled with life and layers of emotion. Fiction fans need to give Mean Low Water a try. And if you enjoy speculative fiction, even better!
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