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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!

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