The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Jessie Sullivan has been married half her life, and has become accustomed to her role. But when she returns to the isolated island she grew up on to establish why her mother has been behaving oddly, she is to find a lot more than she came looking for. A loving, exuberant character, who believes herself to be happy, she has forgotten a hidden part of her spirit - the part represented by the beautiful, vibrant and legendary mermaid carved on a chair in the island's monastery. When Jessie falls passionately in love with a monk who is close to taking his final vows, she discovers a place in herself that she had never previously imagined could exist. THE MERMAID CHAIR is the story of a woman trying to save her outgrown life - the roles, identities, securities and illusions she had created for herself - before finally emerging as something far more alive and powerful.
'Monk Kidd spins a highly charged tale full of sexual and spiritual desireEvery bit as convincing and moving as her previous, bestselling novel, THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES' -- Mirror 'The powerful follow-up to the international bestseller, THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES' -- Grazia 'Impulse, excitement and the anticipation swell within Kidd's prose which is magical, imaginative and effortless' -- The Big Issue (North) 20050401 'So evocative is this novel, you can taste the salt air and feel the sand between your toes' -- Nottingham Evening Post 20050301 'Kidd has a flair for making us see her characters with great vividness and immediacy' -- New York Times Book Review 20050522 'A fascinating look at how the deepest ties can be tested when you meet the right person at the wrong time' -- Glamour 20050501 'Sue Monk Kidd... knows how to grab the attention of her readership... The novel also has humour and a profound feeling for its primeval landscape of mud flats and salt creeks... The sensitively plotted emotional journey makes this another inevitable bestseller' -- Time Out 20050501 'The author mixes a cocktail of myth, spiritual concerns and sexual yearning, and her descriptions of the island landscape are lush and detailed...' -- The Sunday Times 20050710 'Passionate and powerful, the book will have you hooked' -- Peterborough Evening Telegraph 20050710
Sue Monk Kidd is the author of the huge international bestseller THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, as well as two widely acclaimed memoirs, THE DANCE OF THE DISSIDENT DAUGHTER and WHEN THE HEART WAITS. Her fiction has appeared in several literary journals. She lives beside a salt marsh in Charleston, South Carolina with her husband.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780755307623 |
| ISBN 10 | 0755307623 |
| Title | The Mermaid Chair |
| Author | Sue Monk Kidd |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2005-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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