‘His stomach trembled with desire and fear and wonder because he knew what he’d seen. A woman. Right there, in the water’Near the island of Black Conch, a fisherman sings to himself while waiting for a catch. But David attracts a sea-dweller that he never expected – Aycayia, an innocent young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as a mermaid.When American tourists capture Aycayia, David rescues her and vows to win her trust. Slowly, painfully, she transforms into a woman again. Yet as their love grows, they discover that the world around them is changing – and they cannot escape the curse for everVINTAGE EARTH is a series of books that reveals our ever-changing relationship with the environment. These are stories old and young, set in worlds real or imagined, that allow us to explore our connection to the natural world. Transformative, wild, surprising and essential, these novels take on the most urgent story of our times.]]>
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Mermaid of Black Conch
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The spellbinding winner of the Costa Book of the Year as read on BBC Radio 4
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ISBN: 9781784878023
Categories: Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Fantasy, Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: narrative themes, Historical fiction, Romance, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales
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