Jessie faces an inner conflict which pits passion against comfort and raises a question in her mind as to whether or not the two can exist together. While at Egret Island, Jessie meets Brother Thomas, an attractive monk who is nearing, but has not yet taken, his final vows. Hugh is a conventional husband, for the most part, and Jessie begins to feel that she might be looking for a type of independence that she has never experienced in life. Now middle-aged, her marriage to her husband Hugh is decades-long. Nelle, however, is not the only one whom Jessie must consider. Having been estranged from her mother, Jessie struggles to examine and come to terms with their relationship. While there, she becomes introspective and begins to think about things she needs to confront in her life. The Mermaid Chair tells the story of Jessie Sullivan, who goes to Egret Island to tend to her mentally unstable mother, Nelle. The Mermaid Chair is a 2005 book by American novelist Sue Monk Kidd, who is best known for her 2002 novel, The Secret Life of Bees.
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