The mermaid /
Henry, Christina, 1974-
The mermaid / Christina Henry. - First edition. - 318 pages ; 18 cm
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.
9780399584046 0399584048
2017039581
Tocker Foundation Grant - 2018.
Sideshows--Fiction.
Mermaids--Fiction.
Circus--Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
The mermaid / Christina Henry. - First edition. - 318 pages ; 18 cm
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.
9780399584046 0399584048
2017039581
Tocker Foundation Grant - 2018.
Sideshows--Fiction.
Mermaids--Fiction.
Circus--Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.