The Mermaid Chair
By Sue Monk Kidd
(Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 9780143036692, 368pp.)
Publication Date: February 2006
Other Editions of This Title: eBook, Paperback (June 2007), Prebound (February 2006), Large Print (June 2005), Audio Cassette (May 2005), Compact Disc (May 2005), Compact Disc (April 2005), Hardcover (April 2005), Audio Cassette (April 2005)
Categories: General
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A dazzling novel of passion and spirituality--the instant blockbuster bestseller from the author of The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd's phenomenal debut, The Secret Life of Bees, became a runaway bestseller that is still on the New York Times bestseller list more than two years after its paperback publication. Now, in her luminous new novel, Kidd has woven a transcendent tale that will thrill her legion of fans. Telling the story of Jessie Sullivan--a love story between a woman and a monk, a woman and her husband, and ultimately a woman and her own soul--Kidd charts a journey of awakening and self-discovery illuminated with a brilliance that only a writer of her ability could conjure.
"Book clubs, start your engines. . . . [The Mermaid Chair] is a tapestry strengthened by bonds between women that bridge pain and loss."
--USA Today
"The pages all but turn themselves." --Parade
"Soulful in its probing of the human heart." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Kidd draws connections from the feminine to the divine to the erotic that a lesser writer wouldn't see, and might not have the guts to follow." --Time
"It's hard to put this book down for things like eating and sleeping." --Elle
Sue Monk Kidd's debut novel, The Secret Life of Bees, has sold more than 3,500,000 copies. She is also the author of several acclaimed memoirs and the recipient of numerous awards, including the Poets & Writers award.
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