000314268 000__ 02194cam\a2200397\a\4500 000314268 001__ 314268 000314268 005__ 20210513114352.0 000314268 008__ 041115s2005\\\\nyu\\\\\\\\\\\000\1\eng\\ 000314268 010__ $$a 2004061233 000314268 019__ $$a60406351 000314268 020__ $$a0670033944 000314268 020__ $$a9780670033942 000314268 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm57068819 000314268 035__ $$a314268 000314268 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dOCO$$dNSB$$dBAKER$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP 000314268 043__ $$an-us-sc 000314268 049__ $$aISEA 000314268 05000 $$aPS3611.I44$$bM47 2005 000314268 08200 $$a813/.54$$222 000314268 1001_ $$aKidd, Sue Monk. 000314268 24514 $$aThe mermaid chair /$$cSue Monk Kidd. 000314268 260__ $$aNew York :$$bViking,$$c2005. 000314268 300__ $$axi, 335 p. ;$$c22 cm. 000314268 520__ $$aInside the abbey of a Benedictine monastery on tiny Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint who, legend claims, was a mermaid before her conversion. Jessie Sullivan's conventional life has been "molded to the smallest space possible." So when she is called home to cope with her mother's startling and enigmatic act of violence, Jessie finds herself relieved to be apart from her husband, Hugh. Jessie loves Hugh, but on Egret Island-- amid the gorgeous marshlands and tidal creeks--she becomes drawn to Brother Thomas, a monk who is mere months from taking his final vows. What transpires will unlock the roots of her mother's tormented past, but most of all, as Jessie grapples with the tension of desire and the struggle to deny it, she will find a freedom that feels overwhelmingly right. 000314268 61020 $$aBenedictines$$vFiction. 000314268 650_0 $$aMarried women$$vFiction. 000314268 650_0 $$aCatholic women$$vFiction. 000314268 650_0 $$aSpiritual life$$vFiction. 000314268 650_0 $$aIslands$$vFiction. 000314268 650_0 $$aMonks$$vFiction. 000314268 651_0 $$aSouth Carolina$$vFiction. 000314268 655_7 $$aRomance fiction.$$2lcgft 000314268 85200 $$bgen$$hPS3611.I44$$iM47$$i2005 000314268 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004061233-b.html 000314268 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004061233-d.html 000314268 85641 $$3Sample text$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004061233-s.html 000314268 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:314268$$pGLOBAL_SET 000314268 980__ $$aBIB 000314268 980__ $$aBOOK 000314268 994__ $$aC0$$bISE