The Mermaid
Books | Fiction / Fantasy / Historical
3.6
(98)
Christina Henry
From the author of Lost Boy comes a beautiful historical fairy tale about a mermaid who leaves the sea, only to become the star attraction of history's greatest showman.Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, a mermaid who longed to know all the world and all its wonders, and so she came to live on land. Once there was a man called P. T. Barnum, a man who longed to make his fortune by selling the wondrous and miraculous, and there is nothing more miraculous than a real mermaid.Amelia agrees to play the mermaid for Barnum and walk among men in their world, believing she can leave anytime she likes. But Barnum has never given up a money-making scheme in his life, and he's determined to hold on to his mermaid.
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Author
Christina Henry
Pages
336
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2018-06-19
ISBN
0399584056 9780399584053
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"This book is beautifully written. I agree with the review on the cover, the themes of love and longing are so wonderfully woven into the greater story. It's never boring, and the main character manages to be both alien and relatable. 10/10"
Polgara Gilmore
"Reread/finished read"
Sabrina B
"An amazing combination of fact and fantasy."
Melissa Shaw
"I was hoping for more. Once again I love henry but this was such a let down for me. I know she can write horror. And this could have been more twisted than it was."
Liv Lively
