The Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey
Somewhere off the west coast of Ireland lies Inis Murúch-the
Island of the Mermaids-a world where myth is more powerful that truth and where
the sea sings with the healing and haunting voices of women. It is here that
Lisa Carey sets her lyrical first novel, weaving together the voices and lives
of three generations of Irish and Irish-American women. Years ago,
Clíona-strong, proud, and practical-sailed for Boston, determined to one day
come home. But when the time came to return to Inis Murúch, her daughter
Grace-fierce, beautiful, and brazenly sexual-resented her mother's isolated,
unfamiliar world. Though entranced by the sea and its healing powers, Grace
became desperate to escape the confines of the island, one day stealing away
with her small daughter Graínne. Now Graínne-motherless at fifteen after
Grace's death-is about to be taken back across the ocean by Clíona, repeating
the journey her mother was forced to make years before. She goes to meet a
father she has never known, her heart pulled between a life where she no longer
belongs and a family she cannot remember. On the rocky shore of Inis Murúch,
she waits for her father and begins to discover her own sexual identity even as
she struggles to understand the forces that have torn her family apart.Shem Creek by Dorothea Benton Frank
Meet Linda Breland, single parent of two teenage
daughters-one of whom is headed off to college. Between that and the married
men, the cold New Jersey's winters, her pinched wallet, and her ex-husband who
marries a beautiful, successful woman ten years younger than she is-let's just
say Linda has seen enough to fill a thousand pages. Now, she's bound for Mount
Pleasant, South Carolina, the magical landscape of her ancestors. Welcomed by
the help of her advice-dispensing sister and an intriguing ex-investment banker
turned restaurant owner, Linda slowly begins to find her way and realise that
she too is entitled to a second chance....
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