TY  - BOOK
AB  - 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.
AU  - Kidd, Sue Monk.
CN  - PS3611.I44
CN  - PS3611.I44
CY  - New York :
DA  - 2005.
ID  - 314268
KW  - Married women
KW  - Catholic women
KW  - Spiritual life
KW  - Islands
KW  - Monks
LK  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004061233-b.html
LK  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004061233-d.html
LK  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004061233-s.html
N2  - 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.
PB  - Viking,
PP  - New York :
PY  - 2005.
SN  - 0670033944
SN  - 9780670033942
T1  - The mermaid chair /
TI  - The mermaid chair /
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004061233-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004061233-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004061233-s.html
ER  -