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   No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) LiteraryDream | Sep 30, 2018 |   This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.This is a somewhat complex retelling of the Little Mermaid. I had a bit of a rough time starting out but was drawn into it. The story is told via each character via different chapters. Katherine is a soprano student in the opera, her father a composer and piano player himself. Harriet (Harry) is Katherine's live in girlfriend/significant other and a mezzo singer as well. She is the stronger character, always doing and supporting Katherine who happens to be the Daughter of (Eighth generation) a Mermaid and the Great Granddaughter of the Original Little Mermaid. Having moved to the USA as a baby she has no knowledge (nor does her father, Robin) of her heritage and the reason for her chronic pain. With Harry's help they discover her history and "only" cure for her affliction. Harry and Robin decide to try another solution and the result is surprising. Really enjoyed reading this book!! (  ) JosieRivers | May 9, 2017 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.The ebb and flow of the voices as each chapter is told from a different character's perspective fit the story perfectly like the waves breaking and retreating from the shore. The sea has more than a physical presence here. Song and voice, light and dark, above and below, fairy tale and opera. There are no happy endings here - only choices that lead to variations on sadness. ( ) DonnerLibrary | Mar 26, 2017 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.I enjoyed the magic of this story. It was passionate and descriptive. The only thing stopping me from giving it more starts is that the book seemed to get very long winded upon Kathleen's return from Ireland. I thought that the author could have shortened the section of how Kathleen's dad and Harry worked to find a way to save Kathleen. That part of the story just seemed to go on and on for me and I found myself speed reading to get back to the gist of the story. Overall a magical, passionate retelling of an old fashioned mermaid story! I received a complimentary copy from Librarything Early Reviewers. (  ) melaniehope | Mar 16, 2017 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.This a look into the lives of 8 Generations of mermaids, from the first to step out of the sea to the, which seems like the last - Kathleen. Ann Claycomb’s writing makes you privy to the mermaid’s loves, struggles of being human, the constant pain, and the tragedy they all must finally have bestowed by the Sea. This is no Hans Christian Andersen - Disney mermaid tale. However, knowing and seeing both ways the former have written helps in conjuring up images. Through Ann Claycomb, your able to also hear the story of the mermaids via the Sea. There are times when you come to the end of your novel, and your left with something missing. The ending of this novel was so different, taking you back to the beginning. Leaving you to ask yourself - is this real or fairy. Enjoy. ( ) bonitajean | Mar 4, 2017 | no reviews | add a review
"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 mystery--and the tragedy--of Kathleen's family history is far older and stranger than they could have imagined. Kathleen's fate seems sealed, and the only way out is a terrible choice between a mermaid's two sirens--the sea, and her lover. But both choices mean death..."--Cover page [4]. No library descriptions found. |
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