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THE MERMAID'S DAUGHTER
By: Ann Claycomb
William Morrow
March 2017
On Sale: March 7, 2017
Featuring: Kathleen; Harry
448 pages
ISBN: 0062560689
EAN: 9780062560681
Kindle: B01GZS3692
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Women's Fiction | Fantasy
A modern-day expansion of Hans Christian Andersenโs THE LITTLE MERMAID, this unforgettable debut novel weaves a spellbinding tale of magic and the power of love as a descendant of the original mermaid fights the terrible price of saving herself from a curse that has affected generations of women in her family. Kathleen has always been dramatic. She suffers from the bizarre malady of experiencing stabbing pain in her feet. On her sixteenth birthday, she woke screaming from the sensation that her tongue had been cut out. No doctor can find a medical explanation for her pain, and even the most powerful drugs have proven useless. Only the touch of seawater can ease her pain, and just temporarily at that. Now Kathleen is a twenty-five-year-old opera student in Boston and shows immense promise as a soprano. Her girlfriend Harry, a mezzo in the same program, worries endlessly about Kathleen's phantom pain and obsession with the sea. Kathleen's mother and grandmother both committed suicide as young women, and Harry worries they suffered from the same symptoms. When Kathleen suffers yet another dangerous breakdown, Harry convinces Kathleen to visit her hometown in Ireland to learn more about her family history. In Ireland, they discover that the mysteryโand the tragedyโof Kathleenโs family history is far older and stranger than they could have imagined. Kathleenโs fate seems sealed, and the only way out is a terrible choice between a mermaidโs two sirensโthe sea, and her lover. But both choices mean deathโฆ Haunting and lyrical, THE MERMAID'S DAUGHTER asksโhow far we will go for those we love? And can the transformative power of music overcome a magic that has prevailed for generations?
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