The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd

The Mermaid Chair. ********************* From the author of 'The Secret Life of Bees' comes a second novel enchantingly called the Mermaid Chair, recently published back in 2005. Having enjoyed Sue Monk Kidd's first novel immensely I jumped at the chance to read her latest offering. Here's what I thought. The Story-Line. ***************** The story is told from the perspective of Jessie Sullivan in 1988. Jessie is a 42 year old women who is happily ...
...housewife for years (alongside producing the odd painting here and there) but now she is bored… Early one morning Jessie receives a call from her mother's best friend. Kat has called to tell her that she must return home. Her mother, Nelle, has purposely cut of one of her fingers with a meat cleaver. Why would anyone do that? So Jessie returns home, alone, to Egret Island where she grew up. This tiny island, just a short ferry trip from main land ...

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