Audio Book Description:
Inside the church of a Benedictine monastery on Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a mysterious chair carved with mermaidsand dedicated to a saint who, legend claims, was amermaid before her conversion. When Jessie is summoned home to theisland to cope with her mother`s inexplicable act of violence, she is living with herhusband, Hugh. Jessie loves Hugh, but she finds herself drawnto Brother Thomas, a monk who is soon totake his final vows. Is the power of the mermaid chair only a myth? Or will it alter the courseof Jessie`s life? What transpires will unlock the roots of hermother`s tormented past and it will allow Jessie to makea marriage unto herself.