The mermaid chair: [a novel]
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Inside the church of a Benedictine monastery on 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. When Jessie Sullivan is summoned home to the island to cope with her eccentric mother’s seemingly inexplicable behavior, she is living a conventional life with her husband, Hugh, a life “molded to the smallest space possible.” Jessie loves Hugh, but once on the island, she finds herself drawn to Brother Thomas, a monk about to take his final vows. Amid a rich community of unforgettable island women and the exotic beauty of marshlands, tidal creeks, and majestic egrets, Jessie grapples with the tension of desire and the struggle to deny it, with a freedom that feels overwhelmingly right, and with the immutable force of home and marriage. Is the power of the mermaid chair only a myth? Or will it alter the course of Jessie’s life? What happens will unlock the roots of her mother’s tormented past, but most of all, it will allow Jessie to discover selfhood and a place of belonging as she explores the thin line between the spiritual and the erotic.
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Benedictines -- Fiction
Blind
Blind -- Books and reading
Books and reading
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Braille books -- Specimens
Catholic women
Catholic women -- Fiction
Islands
Islands -- Fiction
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Love stories
Married women
Married women -- Fiction
Monks
Monks -- Fiction
Religious fiction
Sound recording
South Carolina -- Fiction
Spiritual life
Spiritual life -- Fiction
Benedictine movement (Anglican Communion)
Benedictine movement (Anglican Communion) -- Fiction
Benedictines -- Fiction
Blind
Blind -- Books and reading
Books and reading
Braille books
Braille books -- Specimens
Catholic women
Catholic women -- Fiction
Islands
Islands -- Fiction
Large print books
Love stories
Married women
Married women -- Fiction
Monks
Monks -- Fiction
Religious fiction
Sound recording
South Carolina -- Fiction
Spiritual life
Spiritual life -- Fiction
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Inside the church of a Benedictine monastery on 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. When Jessie Sullivan is summoned home to the island to cope with her eccentric mother’s seemingly inexplicable behavior, she is living a conventional life with her husband, Hugh, a life “molded to the smallest space possible.” Jessie loves Hugh, but once on the island, she finds herself drawn to Brother Thomas, a monk about to take his final vows. Amid a rich community of unforgettable island women and the exotic beauty of marshlands, tidal creeks, and majestic egrets, Jessie grapples with the tension of desire and the struggle to deny it, with a freedom that feels overwhelmingly right, and with the immutable force of home and marriage. Is the power of the mermaid chair only a myth? Or will it alter the course of Jessie’s life? What happens will unlock the roots of her mother’s tormented past, but most of all, it will allow Jessie to discover selfhood and a place of belonging as she explores the thin line between the spiritual and the erotic.
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Blind -- Books and reading
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Braille books -- Specimens
Catholic women -- Fiction
Islands -- Fiction
Large print books
Love stories
Married women -- Fiction
Monks -- Fiction
Religious fiction
Sound recording
South Carolina -- Fiction
Spiritual life -- Fiction
Benedictine movement (Anglican Communion) -- Fiction
Benedictines -- Fiction
Blind -- Books and reading
Braille books
Braille books -- Specimens
Catholic women -- Fiction
Islands -- Fiction
Large print books
Love stories
Married women -- Fiction
Monks -- Fiction
Religious fiction
Sound recording
South Carolina -- Fiction
Spiritual life -- Fiction
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The mermaid chair : [a novel] / Sue Monk Kidd
The mermaid chair [Braille] / Sue Monk Kidd
The mermaid chair [compact disc] / Sue Monk Kidd
The mermaid chair [large print] / Sue Monk Kidd
The mermaid chair : [a novel] / Sue Monk Kidd
The mermaid chair [Braille] / Sue Monk Kidd
The mermaid chair [compact disc] / Sue Monk Kidd
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Catholic women
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