Description
In nineteenth-century New England, a daring mermaid caught in a fisherman’s net chooses to explore the human world, discovering that she can take human form whenever she touches land. After love draws her into a new life, loss leaves her adrift—until an invitation from P. T. Barnum’s circus offers an unexpected path forward and thrusts her into the spectacle of a world eager to possess the extraordinary. Blending folklore, historical atmosphere, and dark fairy-tale sensibility, the novel explores humanity, exploitation, loyalty, friendship, and the boundaries between freedom and belonging. It is a haunting, compassionate retelling about what it truly means to be human—and humane.
Available Editions
paperback
titan books uk
Published Jan 1, 2018
336 pages
ISBN: 9781785655708
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Details
First Published
2018
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Mermaid by Christina Henry.