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| Original Title: | The Mermaids Singing |
| ISBN: | 0380815591 (ISBN13: 9780380815593) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Lisa Carey
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.77 | 2284 Users | 264 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Mermaids Singing |
| Author | : | Lisa Carey |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | November 6th 2001 by William Morrow Paperbacks (first published January 1st 1998) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. Ireland. Mythology. Mermaids. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit |
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There is an island off the west coast of Ireland called Inis Murúch -- the Island of the Mermaids -- a world where myth is more powerful than truth, and love can overcome even death. It is here that Lisa Carey sets her lyrical and sensual first novel, weaving together the voices and lives of three generations of Irish and Irish-American women.Years ago, the fierce and beautiful Grace stole away from the island with her small daughter, Gráinne, unable to bear its isolation. Now Gráinne is motherless at fifteen, and a grandmother she has never met has come to take her back. Her heart is pulled between a life in which she no longer belongs and a family she cannot remember. But only on Inis Murúch can she begin to understand the forces that have torn her family apart.
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Ratings: 3.77 From 2284 Users | 264 ReviewsArticle About Books The Mermaids Singing
A novel of angry women. Not sure why I continued to read it except I kept hoping one would find happiness.Curiously enough, this book reminds me of two of my most recent reads combined. Not only does the motif of mermaids persist in this, as it does with The Mermaid's Chair (completely unrelated to this book), but the concept of isolation and emergence works its way through in this book as well using the island as the main embodiment of both. Like Tan's novel, The Bonsetter's Daughter, this book builds upon the bonds and barriers created between three generations of women from their native
Okay here is another one I could not finish. I thought this would be great. It is set in Ireland (love Ireland) it is about mothers and daughters (hello?). But she uses the F word too much and the coming of age discovering your own sexuality alone and with others is way to graphic and leaves no room for the imagination. It is very pornagraphic in the way she uses her vocabulary. To say the least I was very disappointed. I got about 1/3 the way through.
Yeah I am going to be polite and refuse to review this one.
I'm always one for books about Mermaids and anything set in Ireland or based on Irish lore. This book didn't have the fantasy of Mermaids and getting to explore a new but ancient world under the sea, but the three women I read from, gave me all the imagination I needed to glide through this story like an Olympic Swimmer through water.The language and the way this story was written is enchanting and smooth. The three women - each a different generation - had a beautiful tale cycling (unbeknownst
Three generations of unreasonably angst-filled women have unprotected sex.Done.
(2.5 stars) I had a VERY hard time digesting the women in this novel. Three generations of women all making the same self-destructive mistakes, all unlikable, ornery, selfish and stubborn to the point of hurting themselves. I could not believe they had men who not only loved them, but pined for them. Seriously? They were all so darned MEAN that I can see why they never had friends, but men loved them? And the step-sister who absolutely loved Grace, and Grace tells her repeatedly that she hates
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