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Title: The Mermaid Chair
Review: This is one of the worse books I have ever read. Its a major disappointment since I read and loved "The Secret Life of Bees". It consist of a well worn plot; Bored housewife/artist goes back to her old home town when her mother needs help. During her stay, she decides she needs to rediscover herself. She meets a monk who is living in the monastary near her mother's home. He is also trying to rediscover himself. They become involved. These characters are not likable. Neither of them have any real issues to resolve. This much ado about nothing is the basis of their short-lived affair. The health problems of Jesse's mother, Nell, (the reason Jesse came home) quickly becomes a sub-plot.
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