The Mermaids images were created by Underwater Cinematographer Pauline R. The executive Producer was Randy Robinson and the associate producer was Jay Daniel Beechinor.
It was directed by Steven Schachter and produced by Michael Frislev and Chad Oakes of Nomadic Pictures. Winner of the 2005 Quill Award for General Fiction, the novel has been translated into 23 languages.Ī film adaptation starring Kim Basinger as the main character, Jessie, premiered on the Lifetime network September 9, 2006. The Mermaid Chair reached the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list and remained on the hardcover and paperback list for nine months. The Mermaid Chair ranks extremely high on my list of all-time favorite books. As her soul begins to reawaken, Jessie must also confront the circumstances of her father's death, a tragedy that continues to haunt Jessie and Nelle thirty years later. After she meets Brother Thomas, a handsome monk who has yet to take his final vows, Jessie is forced to decide whether passion can coexist with comfort, or if the two are mutually exclusive. After decades of marriage to Hugh, her practical yet conventional husband, Jessie starts to question whether she is craving an independence she never had the chance to experience. Once she returns to her childhood home, Jessie is forced to confront not only her relationship with her estranged mother, but her other emotional ties as well. The Mermaid Chair is the tale of Jessie Sullivan, a middle-aged woman whose stifled dreams and desires take shape during an extended stay on Egret Island, where she is caring for her troubled mother, Nelle. The Mermaid Chair is a 2005 novel written by American novelist Sue Monk Kidd, which has also been adapted as a Lifetime movie.
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