The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd Paperback Book

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Author: Sue Monk Kidd

Narrator: Eliza Foss

Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback

Publisher: Penguin/Highbridge

Published: Apr 2005

Genre: Fiction - General

Retail Price: $39.95

Synopsis

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.

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Reviews

BookLender review by merri on 2007-07-05 01:06:36

i didnt like this book. this woman suddenly decides she hates her life and leaves her husband and has an affair... i feel bad for the husband. he never did anything wrong...