THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING

A new heroine, a familiar journey of the soul

By Jessica Treadway
May 1, 2005

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The Mermaid Chair By Sue Monk Kidd Viking, 335 pp., $24.95 Sue Monk Kidd's first novel, ''The Secret Life of Bees," catapulted her to bestseller lists and the top of book-club agendas because of its rich South Carolina landscape and the story of a woman's search for a secret about her mother. Kidd's new novel, ''The Mermaid Chair," visits similar ... (Full article: 868 words)

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