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Book Review of The Mermaid Chair

The Mermaid Chair
The Mermaid Chair
Author: Sue Monk Kidd
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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This is the story of a married woman who returns to her childhood home to help her mother heal from a self inflicted wound. She falls in love with a monk at the neighboring monastery and in the process of dealing with her mother and the painful truth of her father's death, comes to a new understanding of herself and love.