]> http://www.likeadiva.com/taxonomy/term/9/0 en http://www.likeadiva.com/node/11 <p><span>Curling up with Sue Monk Kidd&rsquo;s The Mermaid Chair was like an extended therapy session. I read it straight through, cover to cover, unwilling to leave the story for a moment.<span>&nbsp; </span>It felt like a glorious treasure hunt, where I kept uncovering allusions to my own pain, my own joy &ndash;and found myself alternately laughing and sobbing when I did.</span></p><span><p><span>It wrenched my soul.</span></p></span><span><p><span>The Mermaid Chair is a beautiful journey of re-discovering the women we were meant to be. <span>&nbsp;</span>It is an examination of the way Life erodes our Lives, and how little by little, our true selves ebb away, like the tides main character Jessie spends so much time contemplating on Egret Island.</span></p> Books Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:43:45 -0700