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Traveling With Pomegranatesby Sue Monk Taylor and Ann Kidd Taylor |
Terry Segal: I loved reading this book! It is a moving double-memoir
of Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter, Ann Kidd Taylor, as they travel to sacred sites in
both France and Greece. Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair,is
entering her fifties as her daughter is in her early twenties. Each woman chronicles her
perceptions, desires and demons that are relevant to their life stages. Sue, aware of the
crisis of aging, struggles with the creative path her life might take. Ann, on the verge of
beginning her life, is challenged by the choices ahead of her. This dynamic mother-daughter
team is a twenty-first century Demeter and Persephone. Demeter was the multi-talented goddess
of the harvest who was also in charge of the seasons, vegetation, and the continuation of
mankind. Daunting to have a mother like that. And Ann, like Persephone, gets pulled into
the underworld. Ann is challenged with bouts of depression. Each woman uses her writing as
a tool of self-discovery. If you have a daughter, or are one, you will likely find meaning
in this book.
Rating: *****
