Traveling with Pomegranates:
A Mother-Daughter Story
“Any mother or daughter would enjoy and relate to the touching struggle of developing a close relationship as adult women... Fans of The Secret Life of Bees will enjoy this retelling of the period in Kidd's life when she was conceiving and creating the novel”
-- Associated Press
“Honest and funny... Great description... It's definitely a book written for women.”
-- St Louis Post-Dispatch
“Read this one as a memoir, a travelogue, and a self-renewal book.”
-- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“When (Sue Monk Kidd) teamed up with her daughter... we knew to expect a great read. Traveling with Pomegranates was just that: a travelogue describing the duo's journeys through France, Greece, and Turkey, as well as their personal journeys to discover their separate feminine identities after quarter and mid life crises.”
-- Charleston City Paper
“In this intimate dual memoir of the author and her daughter, they offer interesting differentiating aspects of fiftysomething and twentysomething women resulting in redefining themselves and rediscovering each other as mother and daughter.”
-- Lindsay Post (Canada)
“A wonderful coming-of-age metaphor for their relationship as mother and daughter.”
-- Ode magazine
“A road map for the psyche. . . An eye-opening, consciousness-raising approach to traveling, packed with insights and examples that teach us how we might better interpret the small miracles on our itinerary, whether it takes us around the world, or just around the block.”
-- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Thoughtful, honest, and uplifting”
-- Los Angeles Times
“In their powerful joint memoir, Traveling with Pomegranates, Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor, recall the crisis each faced a decade ago- Kidd on the cusp of 50, was creatively lost, and Taylor, fresh out of college, felt directionless. On trips through Greece, Turkey, and France, the two reconnected.”
-- More
“A return trip in 2000 finds both women changed, and a 2008 afterword rounds out this stunning account of inner journeys, separate and intertwined.”
-- Booklist
“As the writers sightsee, they connect to and challenge each other in ways that will make you want to hit the road with the important women in your life, even if the corner of Starbucks is the only realistic destination for you now.”
-- Redbook
“Engaging. Women can identify with the authors' story and glean guidance from the way they handled situations... By sharing their own experience, they offer a road map for other mothers and daughters who find themselves at this common juncture.”
-- Southern Lady
“Part travel story and part spiritual quest, Traveling with Pomegranates is a memoir told in both of their remarkable voices. .. A guidebook for the soul in transition.”
-- Skirt! Magazine
“A touching rapprochement between mother and daughter.”
-- Kirkus Review
“In a probing literary collaboration....the two create a gently affectionate filial dance around the other. Kidd and Taylor found strength and inspiration on their respective journeys in the lives of Athena, the Virgin Mary and Joan of Arc, but mostly through a new understanding and appreciation of each other. Theirs is a moving journey.”
-- Publishers Weekly
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