The Mermaid Chair

Have you ever felt a pull toward a life you left behind, a version of yourself you thought was gone forever? Discover what happens when a secret crisis calls you home and forces you to confront the woman you’ve become versus the one you were meant to be. This journey follows Jessie Sullivan, a married woman who feels spiritually and emotionally adrift. Returning to her childhood island home to care for her mother, she uncovers long-buried family secrets and is drawn into an unexpected, passionate affair that threatens to unravel her entire world.

Sue Monk Kidd is the acclaimed, 1 New York Times bestselling author of novels like The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings. Raised in a small town in Georgia, her Southern heritage and personal spiritual journey profoundly inform her fiction, exploring themes of feminine divinity and awakening. Her deep dive into theology and her own experiences as a woman seeking wholeness led her to craft the powerful, introspective narrative found within The Mermaid Chair.