Okay, Now I'm Reading...
The Mermaid Chair , by Sue Monk Kidd. She's the author who wrote The Secret Life of Bees . (Whatever happened to that movie?) It's about a woman who goes back to the island off of the Carolinas where she grew up, to help her aging mother and sister. There's also a mysterious monastery with mysterious monks and a mysterious mermaid chair. It's really engrossing!