num_pages: 368
description: An alternate cover edition exists here.Sue Monk Kidd's phenomenal debut, The Secret Life of Bees, became a runaway bestseller that is still on the New York Times bestseller list more than two years after its paperback publication. Now, in her luminous new novel, Kidd has woven a transcendent tale that will thrill her legion of fans. Telling the story of Jessie Sullivan -- a love story between a woman and a monk, a woman and her husband, and ultimately a woman and her own soul -- Kidd charts a journey of awakening and self-discovery illuminated with a brilliance that only a writer of her ability could conjure.
language: English
title: The Mermaid Chair
titlecomplete: The Mermaid Chair
genres: Chick Lit, Book Club, Novels, Adult Fiction, Womens, Adult, Romance, Fiction, Relationships, Contemporary
ratings_count: 84841
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: The Quill Award
category: General Fiction
publisher: Penguin