In the novel, an extraordinary story is woven about mermaids and saints, spiritual passions and bodily pleasures. It reveals a little-known area of the female soul, telling of inner awakening and reconciliation with oneself.
In a Benedictine monastery on the island of the White Heron stands a beautiful and mysterious chair whose armrests are made in the form of winged mermaids. As the legend says, the chair has a wondrous power. But will it help the heroine make the main life choice? Here, among the enchanting beauty of nature and majestic white herons, Jessie is torn between her unexpected love for the monastery’s novice and her love for her husband—between passion and the irresistible pull of home and family…