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The Mermaid Chair

Written by:
Sue Monk Kidd
Narrated by:
Eliza Foss

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
126
Narrator
10
Release Date
October 10, 2004
Duration
10 hours 20 minutes
Summary
A transcendent tale of a woman's self-discovery—the New York Times–bestselling second work of fiction by the author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Book of Longings

Inside the church of a Benedictine monastery on Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint who, legend claims, was a mermaid before her conversion.

When Jessie Sullivan is summoned home to the island to cope with her eccentric mother’s seemingly inexplicable behavior, she is living a conventional life with her husband, Hugh, a life “molded to the smallest space possible.” Jessie loves Hugh, but once on the island, she finds herself drawn to Brother Thomas, a monk about to take his final vows. Amid a rich community of unforgettable island women and the exotic beauty of marshlands, tidal creeks, and majestic egrets, Jessie grapples with the tension of desire and the struggle to deny it, with a freedom that feels overwhelmingly right, and with the immutable force of home and marriage.

Is the power of the mermaid chair only a myth? Or will it alter the course of Jessie’s life? What happens will unlock the roots of her mother’s tormented past, but most of all, it will allow Jessie to discover selfhood and a place of belonging as she explores the thin line between the spiritual and the erotic.
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Melissa R.

It took too long to reach the climax. The plot was ok.

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Anonymous

I love Sue Monk Kidd's work, but really could have lived without this book. Tho it held some degree of interest, it just kept lacking meaning or purpose. And neither the writing or narration came near the genius of Secret Life of Bees or Invention of Wings, both of which i found to be phenomenal and important.

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