The mermaid chair

Forty two and married for half her life, Jessie Sullivan honestly beloved she is happy. She has a lovely home, a dependable husband and an accomplished and adored teenage daughter. But when shocking news about her mother compels Jessie to visit the remote island Of her childhood, Jessie finds herself drawn to Brother Thomas, a Benedictine monk on the verge of taking his final vows. Amid the seductive beauty of sou thy Carolina salt marshes and tidal creeks, their encounters awaken an immense sexual and spiritual desire in Jessie, leaving her torn between powerful new longings and her enduring marriage. After all these years she is finally beginning to understand who she really is and where she belongs. But she has still to discover how much of her old life has a place in the new one.