Every aspect of this audiobook, from the enchanting music that marks the story's dramatic moments to the narrator's intimate delivery, draws listeners into Kidd's mystical world. Set on Egret Island, ...

The Hazleton Art League Book Club’s book for October was “The Mermaid Chair.” Sue Monk Kidd narrates about Jessie Sullivan, a 42-year-old married woman returning home to Egret Island, South Carolina.

Before Kidd gained national attention with The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair, she spent 12 years writing spiritually themed pieces for Guideposts and other magazines. Forbes reads this ...

The first paragraph of the prologue of "The Mermaid Chair," sets the stage for a story of forbidden love, "... I fell in love with a Benedictine monk." But more than a romance novel, "The Mermaid ...

1. “History of Love,” by Nicole Krauss 2. “Mercy of Thin Air,” by Ronlyn Domingue 3. “Memory Keeper’s Daughter,” by Kim Edwards 4. “Mermaid Chair,” by Sue Monk Kidd 5. “Marley and Me,” by John Grogan ...

Kim Basinger is to make her TV movie debut in a new film called The Mermaid Chair. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film is based on the best-selling book by Sue Monk Kidd and tells the story ...

Sue Monk Kidd puts together a novel the way a teenage girl blows through a shopping mall, collecting embellishments and accessories with fierce exuberance. In The Secret Life of Bees (2002), her ...

Lifetime scored a major coup by securing the rights to Susan Monk Kidd's best-selling novel "The Mermaid Chair" and then by snagging Kim Basinger as the telepic's star. In return, the net should be ...