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The mermaid chair [sound recording] / Sue Monk Kidd.

Kidd, Sue Monk. (Author). Foss, Eliza. (Added Author).

Summary:

Inside the abbey of a Benedictine monastery on tiny Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint who, legend claims, was a mermaid before her conversion. Jessie Sullivan's conventional life has been "molded to the smallest space possible." So when she is called home to cope with her mother's startling and enigmatic act of violence, Jessie finds herself relieved to be apart from her husband, Hugh. Jessie loves Hugh, but on Egret Island-- amid the gorgeous marshlands and tidal creeks--she becomes drawn to Brother Thomas, a monk who is mere months from taking his final vows. What transpires will unlock the roots of her mother's tormented past, but most of all, as Jessie grapples with the tension of desire and the struggle to deny it, she will find a freedom that feels overwhelmingly right.

Record details

  • ISBN: 141591625X
  • ISBN: 0143057421
  • ISBN: 9780143057420
  • Physical Description: 9 sound discs (approximately 10.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Audio, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Compact discs.
Unabridged.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Eliza Foss.
Subject:
Benedictines > Fiction.
Married women > Fiction.
Catholic women > Fiction.
Spiritual life > Fiction.
Islands > Fiction.
Monks > Fiction.
Audiobooks.
South Carolina > Fiction.
Genre:
Love stories.
Religious fiction.

Available copies

  • 22 of 23 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 23 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Madison Main Library 9-CDs AUDB KID (Text) 30229100407245 Adult Audiobook Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library CDBOOK KIDD (Text) 39493106956057 Adult Audiobook Checked out 08/21/2026
Avery County Morrison Public Library CD FIC KID (Text) 31111002258239 Adult Audiobook Available -
Barco Library CD F KID (Text) 39488200706366 Adult Audiobook Available -
Bethlehem Branch BOCD F Kidd (Text) 34269000943077 Adult Audiobook Available -
Black Mountain Library KID CD 18137 LSTR (Text) 0020506550902 Adult Audiobook Available -
Bladen Main Branch KID Audio (Text)
Item Description: 9 compact discs
30441100393933 Adult Audiobook Available -
Corolla Library CD F KID (Text) 39488600011441 Adult Audiobook Available -
High Point Library CDB-9 FIC Kidd Sue (Text) 30519007936092 Adult Audiobook Fiction Available -
Leath Memorial Library CD KIDD (Text) 58198000407422 Adult Audiobook Available -