'A fascinating look at how the deepest ties can be tested
when you meet the right person at the wrong time'
Glamour

‘Monk-Kidd spins a highly-charged tale of
full sexual and spiritual desire.
Every bit as convincing as her previous bestselling novel,
The Secret Life of Bees’
Mirror

`Sue Monk Kidd knows how to grab the attention of her readership...
her new novel has humour and a profound feeling
for its primeval landscape...it's the sensitively plotted
emotional journey that makes this
another inevitable bestseller’
Time Out

'Impulse, excitement and the anticipation swell within Kidd's prose
which is magical, imaginative and effortless'
The Big Issue (North)

‘The Secret Life of Bees has sold 3 million copies since 2002...
Those are big shoes to fill, but Kidd acquits herself admirably
with The Mermaid Chair’
USA Today