The Mermaid Chair: A Novel
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Currently reading...Brand New hardback aprox 320 pages.
From BN.com:
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Sue Monk Kidd's stunning debut, The Secret Life of Bees, has transformed her into agenuine literary star. Now, in her much-anticipated new novel, Kidd has woven a transcendent tale that will thrill her legion of fans and cement her reputation as one of the most remarkable writers at work today.
Inside the abbey of a Benedictine monastery on tiny 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.
Jessie Sullivan's conventional life has been “molded to the smallest space possible.” So when she is called home to cope with her mother's startling and enigmatic act of violence, Jessie finds herself relieved to be apart from her husband, Hugh. Jessie loves Hugh, but on Egret Island— amid the gorgeous marshlands and tidal creeks—she becomes drawn to Brother Thomas, a monk who is mere months from taking his final vows. What transpires will unlock the roots of her mother's tormented past, but most of all, as Jessie grapples with the tension of desire and the struggle to deny it, she will find a freedom that feels overwhelmingly right.
What inspires the yearning for a soul mate? Few writers have explored, as Kidd does, the lush, unknown region of the feminine soul where the thin line between the spiritual and the erotic exists. The Mermaid Chair is a vividly imagined novel about the passions of the spirit and the ecstasies of the body; one that illuminates a woman's self-awakening with the brilliance and power that only a writer of Kidd's ability could conjure.
From BN.com:
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Sue Monk Kidd's stunning debut, The Secret Life of Bees, has transformed her into agenuine literary star. Now, in her much-anticipated new novel, Kidd has woven a transcendent tale that will thrill her legion of fans and cement her reputation as one of the most remarkable writers at work today.
Inside the abbey of a Benedictine monastery on tiny 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.
Jessie Sullivan's conventional life has been “molded to the smallest space possible.” So when she is called home to cope with her mother's startling and enigmatic act of violence, Jessie finds herself relieved to be apart from her husband, Hugh. Jessie loves Hugh, but on Egret Island— amid the gorgeous marshlands and tidal creeks—she becomes drawn to Brother Thomas, a monk who is mere months from taking his final vows. What transpires will unlock the roots of her mother's tormented past, but most of all, as Jessie grapples with the tension of desire and the struggle to deny it, she will find a freedom that feels overwhelmingly right.
What inspires the yearning for a soul mate? Few writers have explored, as Kidd does, the lush, unknown region of the feminine soul where the thin line between the spiritual and the erotic exists. The Mermaid Chair is a vividly imagined novel about the passions of the spirit and the ecstasies of the body; one that illuminates a woman's self-awakening with the brilliance and power that only a writer of Kidd's ability could conjure.
A TREASURE!
I have found a treasure. I fell in love all over again with Kidd's writing. Her words are amazing. I was transformed into the characters minds...if that makes sense. I felt apart of the characters. Each character is suffering something in this book and in a weird way I can almost relate or feel these characters sorrows. The power of the women in this book fascinates me. They are so close, so tight like the knots they tie in this story. I just loved it. Kidd's writing is so giving, all the details layed out, everything described perfectly. Her writing just doesn't get boring. I refused to skip over words-scared I'll miss something. Well, as you can tell I loved this. As well as the Secret Life of Bees. I treasure books that teach me things about life, and her books do just that! I shed tears in this, not because of sadness but because I felt perfect closure for these characters. Something that so many books lack. This book I hold high on a pedestal.
I have found a treasure. I fell in love all over again with Kidd's writing. Her words are amazing. I was transformed into the characters minds...if that makes sense. I felt apart of the characters. Each character is suffering something in this book and in a weird way I can almost relate or feel these characters sorrows. The power of the women in this book fascinates me. They are so close, so tight like the knots they tie in this story. I just loved it. Kidd's writing is so giving, all the details layed out, everything described perfectly. Her writing just doesn't get boring. I refused to skip over words-scared I'll miss something. Well, as you can tell I loved this. As well as the Secret Life of Bees. I treasure books that teach me things about life, and her books do just that! I shed tears in this, not because of sadness but because I felt perfect closure for these characters. Something that so many books lack. This book I hold high on a pedestal.
