Traveling with Pomegranates

A Mother-Daughter Story

By: Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor

Narrated by: Sue Monk Kidd

In this intimate dual memoir, Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter, Ann, offer distinct perspectives as a 50-something and a 20-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.

©2009 Sue Monk Kidd (P)2009 Penguin

Great narration by authors!

But the story back and forth was sometimes hard for me to process. Otherwise I enjoyed it!

lovely mother daughter story

i could barely listen on hearing the word "mirror" pronounced " mirrowe" too many times.

Pronunciation and diction lessons needed

I enjoyed the story but was always thrown off by the mispronunciation of French and English words. I also was a bit insulted that Sue thought she was “old” at 50 years old. That point made me think she was SO attached to her appearance et al that it made her so less credible.

Laughter and tears

I appreciated every moment of listening to this deeply heart and spirit touching memoir of a mother and daughter journey into themselves and out into the world, together and solo. I lamented the final moments of the book and had wished for it to continue. Hearing the authors rendition of their writings and the interplay between mother and daughter took me on a spiritual and international journey during which I could taste, smell and feel in a way that really good writing can trigger. I highly recommend this, especially in the audiobook version.

OK, not great

I am a huge lover of all things Greek, and I had read Sue Monk Kidd's _Dance of the Dissident Daughter_ (actually assigned it to a class) and found it very intriguing. And as a 50-something woman with young daughters, it all seemed like the perfect read was about to come my way. But honestly, it as too navel-gazing for my tastes. I don't know what it would be like going around in the world waiting for signs and portents meant just for you, but to me it just seems narcissistic. Oddly, I found the daughter's story far more compelling than the mom's.

Thoughtful

The voices of the mother and daughter shine with love for each other. Rather you are trying to find yourself in your 20s or your 50s this read is for you. A smart book.

Absolutely Great - for young and mature women alike

Really loved BOTH their stories, and how they intertwined them together. As I struggle having turned 50, I gained insight from Sue’s tale, and Ann’s was a trip down memory lane from my youth. In many ways, a great self-help listen. Reminds me of Big Water Passage and Eat Pray Love. Want more!

A bit boring

Would you try another book from Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor and/or Sue Monk Kidd?

I love Sue's fiction but this bored me. Maybe you had to be in their exact situation. I felt like Ann was the more interesting story as she discovered she wanted to write. Sue seemed to be overthinking everything. Suffice it to say I made it through the whole book but only barely. And I never backed it up to see what I missed if I caught myself daydreaming.

Absolutely Beautiful!!

As a Mom about to turn 55 with a daughter who just turned 23 - this book touched my heart! Absolutely loved it!

Beautiful, touching and profound

loved loved loved it! The old woman and her best gurl rocked this journey over time. Discovering themselves and each other was so beautiful. bravo 👏 🥰💗🙏💗