The Mermaid Chair
By Sue Monk Kidd

Don't miss the extraordinary new novel from Sue Monk Kidd,and The Book of Longingsand - published on 21st April 2020, and available to pre-order nowThe Mermaid Chair:and The No. 1and New York Timesand bestseller and award-winning novel, from the celebrated author ofand The Secret Life of Beesand andand The Invention of Wings. A beautiful and haunting exploration of human relationships, personal fulfilment and spirituality.'Highly charged... full of sexual and spiritual desire. Every bit as moving and convincing asand The Secret Life of Bees'and Mirror'Beautiful writing...Kidd's characters cherish storytelling'and USA Today'It's hard to put this book down for little things like sleeping and eating'and ElleIn her forties, and married for half her life, Jessie Sullivan honestly believes that she is happy. She has a lovely home, a dependable husband and an accomplished and adored teenage daughter. But when shocking news about her mother compels Jessie to visit the island where she grew up, she finds herself drawn to Brother Thomas, a Benedictine monk on the verge of taking his final vows.Amidst the seductive beauty of the South Carolina salt marshes, Jessie is torn between powerful new longings and her enduring marriage. After all these years she is finally beginning to understand who she really is and where she belongs. But she has still to discover how much of her old life has a place in the new one.What readers are saying aboutand The Mermaid Chair:'I wasand drawn in from the first sentenceand andand felt emotionally attachedand to each and every one of the characters.and Couldn't put it down;and loved it' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars'The telling of the tale wasand thoughtful and very beautifuland andand I felt that I'd shared Jessie's journey' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars'This isand a wonderful novel,and spellbindingand withand characters that you can wholly visualiseand and want to know. The writing is veryand strongand and not for a long time haveand I remembered the style, flavour and feeling of a novelist's writing long after I've finished it' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars'This bookand spoke right to my heart, right to the pull and tug of what it is to be a woman, a wife, a mother. This book isand beautifully writtenand and has become my favourite amongst the Sue Monk Kidd novels that I have devoured' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars