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The Mermaids Singing |
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 The Mermaids Singing byLisa Carey Avon Books 340 pages, 1999 ISBN 038079960X Reviewed by Nancy Duncan The Mermaids Singing is a lyrical, intricately woven tale of three generations of women bound together by love, pain, hidden histories and unresolved conflict. Set in Ireland and spanning several generations and continents, MERMAIDS is a contemporary story steeped in mother daughter discord by first time author, Lisa Carey. The author captures the west coast of Ireland, the Island of Inis Muruch, a haunting and mysterious place shrouded in potent Irish myth where sea mermaids sing and lure the unsuspecting into the emerald seas. Carey is a polished writer who captures the heart and soul of Ireland - waltzing the reader through mythical terrain - and is able to control the three voices of very different feisty women we follow in this lush tale of unspoken love between mothers and daughters. MERMAIDS shifts from Grace, wild and sexual who learns she is dying of cancer, to her fifteen year old daughter, Grainne, who watches her mother slowly slip away, to Cliona, who struggles with her own losses. As Grace sifts through the buried realm of her youth, she seeks to come to terms with the mother she left behind, Cliona, a staunch and fiercely determined woman locked in her own demons. Carey has captured the spirit of generational conflict meshed in misunderstandings and longing. This is a rewarding, richly woven tale sure to entertain readers who take pleasure in reading family sagas. |
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