The Mermaid Chair

Sue Monk Kidd's phenomenal debut, , became a runaway bestseller that is still on the 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 -- Sue Monk Kidd's phenomenal debut, , became a runaway bestseller that is still on the 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.