An introspective and beautiful dual memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling novelist and her daughter. Look out for Ann Kidd Taylor’s new novel, The Shark Club, which will be published in June 2017. Sue Monk Kidd has touched millions of readers with her novels The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair and with her acclaimed nonfiction. In this intimate dual memoir, she and her daughter, … intimate dual memoir, she and her daughter, Ann, offer distinct perspectives as a fifty-something and a twenty-something, each on a quest to redefine herself and to rediscover each other.
Between 1998 and 2000, Sue and Ann travel throughout Greece and France. Sue, coming to grips with aging, caught in a creative vacuum, longing to reconnect with her grown daughter, struggles to enlarge a vision of swarming bees into a novel. Ann, just graduated from college, heartbroken and benumbed by the classic question about what to do with her life, grapples with a painful depression. As this modern-day Demeter and Persephone chronicle the richly symbolic and personal meaning of an array of inspiring figures and sites, they also each give voice to that most protean of connections: the bond of mother and daughter.
A wise and involving book about feminine thresholds, spiritual growth, and renewal, Traveling with Pomegranates is both a revealing self-portrait by a beloved author and her daughter, a writer in the making, and a momentous story that will resonate with women everywhere.
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I love how the author weaves history and spirituality into every page. A nice mother & daughter connection as well.
Loved the different perspectives of mom and daughter.
A deeply spiritual, extremely well-written book that I loved, learned from and related to on so many levels.
Kidd’s message has never been more important.
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Boring
Fairly interesting memoir of Mother-Daughter bonding and comparing generational perspectives.
I purchased this book because it was my book club’s selection. I found it difficult to remain interested in it. Normally I can usually lose myself in a good book and read for hours at a time but, with this one I struggled to read more than 10 pages at a time. After 150 pages I just said forget it, I have too many other books I want to read. As it turned out several other members of the book club had the same issue and did not finish the book.
A little too much navel gazing for me although I liked the way it was designed with mother and daughter alternating chapters.
I thought the book appealed to a variety of issues each woman faces over the course of her life. I could identify with both the mother and daughter’s introspection and concerns.
I loved reading this travel book, written by mother and daughter about themselves as they passed into new stages of life, about where they were when life happened, and about the things they saw and learned on their travels. I especially enjoyed learning how The Secret Life of Bees came about.
I highly recommend all of her books. Always a go to when I am feeling down
True story of a mother and her daughter and life together in adulthood.
I enjoyed the Greek setting and the relationship between the mother and daughter.
Although I enjoyed the travel aspects of this book and also enjoyed following Anne’s progress, her mother’s self absorbtion got old. It reminded me of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray Love, another book I didn’t like. I wasn’t interested enough to continue reading and didn’t finish the book!
Especially enjoyed hearing the process of writing The Secret Life of Bees and all the places they visited.
This book inspired me to share it with my daughter. Written with honesty and from the heart, I found a profound peace in the journey of Sue & Ann as they came to understand themselves and each other.
Sue Monk Kidd’s lyrical writing and reflections on growing older spoke to my 65 year old self and sparked some valuable introspection. I enjoyed traveling the spiritual journeys with her and her daughter and found their very different perspectives insightful and entertaining.
I found the book most enjoyable. With Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter co:writing & sharing their lives and experiences traveling together was a clever concept.
Well written.
Enjoyed the descriptions of the overseas travel, and the developing dynamic between mother and adult daughter. Even though I am closer to the mother’s age, I found the daughter far more relatable. I did lose major interest, though, as the storyline began to focus more on symbolism of Mary, or, the Madonna.
BORING AND TOO CHATTY.
Super boring