TY - BOOK AU - Henry,Christina TI - The mermaid SN - 9780399584046 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Berkley KW - Tocker Foundation Grant - 2018 KW - Sideshows KW - Fiction KW - Mermaids KW - Circus KW - Fantasy fiction KW - lcgft N2 - 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 ER -