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Also by Sue Monk Kidd:

The Book of Longings, April 2021
Trade Size / e-Book
The Book of Longings, May 2020
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The Invention Of Wings, January 2014
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Traveling with Pomegranates, September 2009
Paperback
The Secret Life of Bees, August 2008
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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, January 2007
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When the Heart Waits, November 2006
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Firstlight, October 2006
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The Mermaid Chair, April 2005
Hardcover
The Secret Life of Bees, January 2003
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God's Joyful Surprise, March 1989
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When the Heart Waits
Sue Monk Kidd

Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions

HarperOne
November 2006
On Sale: November 1, 2006
240 pages
ISBN: 0061144894
EAN: 9780061144899
Paperback
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Non-Fiction Religion

Blending her own experiences with an intimate grasp of contemplative spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis at midlife, when life seemed to have lost meaning and how her longing for hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of “active waiting.” Comparing her experience to the formative processes inside a chrysalis on a wintry tree branch, Kidd reflects on the fact that the soul is often symbolized as a butterfly. The simple cocoon, a living parable of waiting, becomes an icon of hope for the transformation that the author sought. Kidd charts her re-ascent from the depths and offers a new understanding of the passage away from the false self, which is based upon others’ expectations, to the true self of God’s unfolding intention. Her wise, inspiring book helps those in doubt and crisis recognize the opportunity to “dismantle old masks and patterns and unfold a deeper, more authentic self.” When the Heart Waits, which first appeared in hardcover in 1990, has been embraced by thousands of spiritual seekers from many backgrounds and has become an enduring classic in Christian spirituality.

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