04367cam a2200805 4500 463248446 TxAuBib 20201218120000.0 ||||||s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781101201039 1101201037 B000W5MHX6 Amazon 41105661-021b-4ba6-a9e7-efcd7dbd9705 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 204562 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Kidd Sue Monk. The Mermaid Chair [Libby]. Penguin Publishing Group, 2006. family. relationships. literary fiction. Myth. romance. Fiction. novels. marriage. women. Women's Fiction. Southern fiction. romance book. Romance Novel. Mermaids. mermaid. literature. South Carolina. fiction books. unhappy marriage. Saints. American South. romance books. romance novels. sue monk kidd. romantic novels. The Invention of Wings. The Secret Life of Bees. gifts for women. gifts for her. mermaid books. fiction psychological. realistic fiction books. women gifts. books fiction. secret life of bees. mother daughter gifts. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4345kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<b>A transcendent tale of a woman's self-discovery—the <i>New York Times</i>–bestselling second work of fiction by the author of <i>The Secret Life of Bees</i> and the forthcoming novel <i>The Book of Longings</i></b><br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> 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. Media Type: eBook. Quill Award. The New York Times Best Seller List. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-18 22:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/411/056/61/MermaidChair9781429580588.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=41105661-021B-4BA6-A9E7-EFCD7DBD9705&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/411/056/61/MermaidChair9781429580588.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=41105661-021B-4BA6-A9E7-EFCD7DBD9705&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/411/056/61/MermaidChair9781429580588.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=41105661-021B-4BA6-A9E7-EFCD7DBD9705&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)