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  1. May 5, 2021 · The mermaid chair. 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 ...

  2. 365 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. Jessie Sullivan is summoned home to tiny Egret Island, where she meets Brother Thomas, a monk who is about to take his final vows, and encounters the legend of a mysterious chair dedicated to a saint who had originally been a mermaid. NY times bestseller list, hardcover fiction, 2005.

  3. Jan 1, 2004 · The novel was adapted into a award-winning movie and an Off-Broadway musical. The Mermaid Chair spent 24 weeks on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list, reaching the #1 position, and spent 22 weeks on the New York Times trade paperback list. The novel won the Nation Quill Award and was made into the television movie.

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    Sue Monk Kidd’s first novel, The Secret Life of Bees, spent more than one hundred weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list, has sold nearly six million copies, and was chosen as the 2004 BookSense Paperback book of the Year and Good Morning America’s “Read This!” Book Club pick. It was adapted into an award-winning movie in 2008. Her second nov...

    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...

    Jessie the main character, seems to be going through a mid-life crisis and begins to question her marriage to Huge after twenty years. At the same time her mother Nellie is having mental-health issues. Jessie travels alone to tend to her mother’s needs who has lived alone since the death of Jessie father when Jessie was only six and had always thou...

    COVER DESIGN – 5 STARS – It’s an intriguing eye-catching cover that entices you to pick up the book and read more. CHARACTERIZATION – 3 STARS– We disliked the main character and was disappointed with Huge. Some of their actions seemed unrealistic and rushed. STORY & PLOT 4 STARS – The storyline was good. At times it dragged on and wasn’t engaging. ...

  4. Overview. • Published by Viking, 2005. • # 1 New York Times Bestseller. • Winner of the Quill Award for General Fiction. 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 ...

  5. Mar 7, 2006 · The Mermaid Chair. : Sue Monk Kidd. Penguin, Mar 7, 2006 - Fiction - 368 pages. A transcendent tale of a woman's self-discovery—the New York Times–bestselling second work of fiction by the author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Book of Longings. Inside the church of a Benedictine monastery on Egret Island, just off the coast of South ...

  6. 'Highly charged . . . full of sexual and spiritual desire. Every bit as moving and convincing as The Secret Life of Bees' Mirror The Mermaid Chair: The No. 1 New York Times bestseller and award-winning novel, from the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings.

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