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    <![CDATA[The Mermaid Chair: A Novel]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>A dazzling novel of passion and spirituality—the instant blockbuster bestseller from the author of   <em>The Secret Life of Bees</em></strong>  <br/><br/>  Sue Monk Kidd’s phenomenal debut, <em>The Secret Life of Bees</em>, became a runaway bestseller that is   still on the <em>New York Times</em> 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.]]>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book, but compared to &quot;The Secret Life of Bees,&quot; I think Kidd took a step backwards.  I guess I'd like to see the characters expanded, and perhaps simply a longer book, with more focus on the internal struggles of Whit and Hugh. I do enjoy her rich, descriptive detail of lif...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62798472">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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