The Mermaid Chair: The No. 1 New York Times bestseller

Sue Monk Kidd

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South Carolina, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Religious & spiritual fiction, The self, ego, identity, personality, Family & relationships, Intergenerational relationships

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Tinder Press
- Paperback Apr 13, 2006 | 9780755307630 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 8, 2014 | 9781472222176 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 3, 2011 | 9780755385188 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Tinder Press
- Paperback Apr 13, 2006 | 9780755307630 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 8, 2014 | 9781472222176 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 3, 2011 | 9780755385188 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Tinder Press
- Paperback Apr 13, 2006 | 9780755307630 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 8, 2014 | 9781472222176 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 3, 2011 | 9780755385188 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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A powerful and emotionally charged story about a woman's struggle to reconcile different loves and different parts of her spirit.

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.

Praise for The Mermaid Chair: The No. 1 New York Times bestseller

Sex, an eccentric cast and flashes of the black humour lighten a mid-life meditation on the nature of love, loss and redemption - Scotsman

Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd's first novel, THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, spent 2.5 years on the New York Times bestseller list, and has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. THE MERMAID CHAIR, THE INVENTION OF WINGS and THE BOOK OF LONGINGS were all New York Times bestsellers. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES was long-listed for the Orange Prize (now the Women's Prize for Fiction), and was turned into an award-winning film.

Sue is also the author of several acclaimed non-fiction books including the New York Times bestseller TRAVELLING WITH POMEGRANATES, co-written with her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor. Sue lives in Florida with her husband Sandy.