@article{314268,
      recid = {314268},
      author = {Kidd, Sue Monk.},
      title = {The mermaid chair /},
      publisher = {Viking,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {xi, 335 p. ;},
      year = {2005},
      abstract = {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 space  possible." So when she is called home to cope with her  mother's startling and enigmatic act of violence, Jessie  finds herself relieved to be apart from her husband, Hugh.  Jessie loves Hugh, but on Egret Island-- amid the gorgeous  marshlands and tidal creeks--she becomes drawn to Brother  Thomas, a monk who is mere months from taking his final  vows. What transpires will unlock the roots of her mother's  tormented past, but most of all, as Jessie grapples with  the tension of desire and the struggle to deny it, she will  find a freedom that feels overwhelmingly right.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/314268},
}