The Mermaid's Child - Couverture souple

Baker, Jo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099437821 ISBN 13 : 9780099437826

Editeur : Arrow Books Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

Growing up motherless in an isolated community, Malin Reed has always been made to feel different from everybody else. The fact that, according to Malin's father, the absent mother was actually a mermaid only makes matters worse. When Malin's father dies, leaving behind nothing but his stories, Malin's choice at last becomes clear: stay, and never feel at home, or leave and go in search of mermaids and the fantastical inheritance that, up to now, has always seemed completely out of reach. Apprenticed to a series of strange and wonderful characters, Malin embarks on a picaresque journey that crosses oceans and continents - from the high seas to desert plains, from a time of slavery to life in a circus - until it finally leads to a discovery that is the very last thing Malin would ever have expected- Beautifully written and hauntingly strange, set in an unspecified historical past, The Mermaid's Child is a remarkable piece of storytelling, weaving together the fantastical and the inevitable through the power of the imagination.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

JO BAKER is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling LONGBOURN and A COUNTRY ROAD, A TREE. She lives in Lancaster with her husband and their two children. Her new novel, a rivetting novel of psychological suspense, looks at the fetishization of violence against women.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arrow Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099437821
• ISBN 13: 9780099437826
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible