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A modern-day growth of Hans Religious Andersen's The Little Mermaid, this unforgettable debut novel weaves a spellbinding story of magic and the power of love as a descendent of the original mermaid battles the awful price of saving herself from a curse that has affected generations of women in her family. Kathleen is definitely dramatic. She is suffering from the bizarre malady of experiencing stabbing pain in her ft. On her behalf 16th birthday, she woke screaming from the sensation that her tongue have been lower out. No doctor can find a medical justification on her behalf pain, and even the most powerful drugs have proven unproductive. Only the touch of seawater can alleviate her pain, and simply temporarily at that. Now Kathleen is a 25-year-old opera university student in Boston and shows immense guarantee as a soprano. Her lover, Harry, a mezzo in the same program, fears endlessly about Kathleen's phantom pain and obsession with the ocean. Kathleen's mom and grandmother both committed suicide as young women, and Harry concerns they suffered with the same symptoms. When Kathleen suffers another dangerous breakdown, Harry convinces Kathleen to visit her hometown in Ireland to learn more about her family history. In Ireland, they discover that the enigma - and the tragedy - of Kathleen's family history is far older and stranger than they could have imagined. Kathleen's destiny seems sealed, and the only way out is an awful choice between a mermaid's two sirens - the ocean and her lover. But both choices mean death. Haunting and lyrical, The Mermaid's Princess asks: What lengths we should go for those we love? And may the transformative ability of music overcome a magic that has prevailed for years?
