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The Mermaid Chair

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The Mermaid Chair

By: Sue Monk Kidd
Narrated by: Eliza Foss
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 Don't miss the extraordinary new novel from Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings - published on 21st April 2020, and available to buy now.

Jessie Sullivan has been married half her life, and has become accustomed to her role. But when she returns to the isolated island where she grew up 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.

(P)2005 Penguin Audio©2005 Sue Monk Kidd Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary United States Women's Fiction World Literature Merfolk

Critic Reviews

The novel has humour and a profound feeling for its primeval landscape of mud flats and salt creeks... [A] sensitively plotted emotional journey
A highly charged tale full of sexual and spiritual desire. Every bit as moving and convincing as The Secret Life of Bees
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Sue Monk Kidd never dissapoints. great storyl with interesting characters and a ambience that stays with you long after the last page is read. excellent. my new favourite author.

Sue Monk Kidd never dissapoints with her brillianc

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A tale of life and death of new beginnings. Especially liked the way Jesse made a vow to herself , to be true. Many women lose their own identity when they are married. To know you can be yourself and still be married is a realization that only comes with honest love and maturing of self.🕊
The analogy of the beautiful mermaids diving deep into the water was meaningful.
Another book I could not put down beacuse I was transported into a different world.🐬

🐠Beautiful Story with depth🌺

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This book is more fantasy that fiction. The main father figure would have acted on his own if he really wanted to be kind. As for the lives of the monks, I don’t think these things would have happened. Usually such a good author. Strayed too far from what she knew perhaps?

Fantasy

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