Traveling with pomegranates : a mother and daughter journey to the sacred places of Greece, Turkey, and France / Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor.

By:

Kidd, Sue Monk

Contributor(s):

Taylor, Ann Kidd

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Penguin books, 2009.Description: 282 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780143117971

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

818.6

Summary: "Sue Monk Kidd has touched the hearts of millions of readers with her acclaimed nonfiction and beloved novels, including The Secret Life of Bees, which has sold more than six million copies and was turned into a feature film. Now, in this wise and engrossing dual memoir, she and her daughter Ann chronicle their travels together at a time when each was on a quest to redefine herself and rediscover one another. As Sue struggles to enlarge a vision of swarming bees into a novel and Ann ponders the classic question of what to do with her life, this modern-day Demeter and Persephone explore an array of inspiring figures and sacred sites in Athens, Eleusis, Paris, Rocamadour and places in between. The intimacy of travel and the wondrous nature of the sites they visit bring forth each woman's internal struggle and provide fertile terrain for reflection and inspiration. They also give voice to thta most protean of human connections: the bond between mothers and daughters."

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	818.6 KID (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000007817

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"Sue Monk Kidd has touched the hearts of millions of readers with her acclaimed nonfiction and beloved novels, including The Secret Life of Bees, which has sold more than six million copies and was turned into a feature film. Now, in this wise and engrossing dual memoir, she and her daughter Ann chronicle their travels together at a time when each was on a quest to redefine herself and rediscover one another.
As Sue struggles to enlarge a vision of swarming bees into a novel and Ann ponders the classic question of what to do with her life, this modern-day Demeter and Persephone explore an array of inspiring figures and sacred sites in Athens, Eleusis, Paris, Rocamadour and places in between. The intimacy of travel and the wondrous nature of the sites they visit bring forth each woman's internal struggle and provide fertile terrain for reflection and inspiration. They also give voice to thta most protean of human connections: the bond between mothers and daughters."