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”—Zadie Smith

they discover thousands of letters

Yet there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit

wonder at the joy that keeps them going

The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (Hardcover) Ashley Flowers ”—Zadie SmithInside the abbey of a Benedictine monastery on tiny Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint who, legend claims, was a mermaid before her conversion. Jessie Sullivans conventional life has been molded to the smallest space possible. So when she is called home to cope with her mothers startling and enigmatic act of violence, Jessie finds herself

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