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The mermaid chair / Sue Monk Kidd.

Kidd, Sue Monk. (Author).

Summary:

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 the immutable force of home and marriage.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780670033942
  • ISBN: 0670033944
  • Physical Description: xi, 335 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, c2005.
Subject: Benedictines > Fiction.
Married women > Fiction.
Self discovery > Fiction
Longing > Fiction
Islands > Fiction.
Benedictines > Fiction.
Monks > Fiction.
Spiritual life > Fiction.
Catholic women > Fiction.
South Carolina > Fiction.
South Carolina > Fiction.
Genre: Religious fiction.
Love stories.
Religious fiction.
Love stories.

Available copies

  • 21 of 23 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Salmo Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 23 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Greenwood Public Library FIC KID (Text) 35141000088758 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Hazelton Public Library Fic (Text) T 34473 Adult Fiction - Main Floor Volume hold Available -
Houston Public Library F KID (Text) 35150001406901 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Quesnel Branch KID (Text)
Legacy Use Count: 34
33923003570227 General Fiction Not holdable Lost 2021-02-02
Rossland Public Library FIC KID (Text) 35162000147071 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Sechelt Public Library F KIDD (Text) 40170788 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Smithers Public Library F KID (Text) 35101000034350 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Sparwood Public Library FIC KID (Text) 35172000181590 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
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