Review:
Praise for Jo Baker:
"Baker is a novelist with a gift for intimate and atmospheric storytelling." --"Financial Times"
"Some writers let you know that you're in safe hands from the start, and Jo Baker is one of them." --"The Independent"
Praise for "The Mermaid's Child" and Jo Baker:
"Malin Reed, the tough, lonely, adventurous heroine of Jo Baker's novel, has never known her mother, but her dad insists she was a mermaid. . . .Baker's writing seduces as she recounts Malin's outlandish journey, which takes her from the crew of a slave ship, through the desert with a broken-down circus to becoming adrift in the ocean with an ancient scholar, all the while remaining on the lookout for a glimpse of her missing parent." "Oprah "Magazine
Like Sarah, the spirited maid at the heart of "Longbourn, " Malin is a strong, determined heroine who persists in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Readers won t have any difficulty rooting for her." "Booklist"
Baker is a novelist with a gift for intimate and atmospheric storytelling. "Financial Times"
"Some writers let you know that you're in safe hands from the start, and Jo Baker is one of them." "The Independent
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Praise for The Mermaid's Child and Jo Baker:
"Malin Reed, the tough, lonely, adventurous heroine of Jo Baker's novel, has never known her mother, but her dad insists she was a mermaid. . . .Baker's writing seduces as she recounts Malin's outlandish journey, which takes her from the crew of a slave ship, through the desert with a broken-down circus to becoming adrift in the ocean with an ancient scholar, all the while remaining on the lookout for a glimpse of her missing parent." Oprah Magazine
Like Sarah, the spirited maid at the heart of Longbourn, Malin is a strong, determined heroine who persists in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Readers won t have any difficulty rooting for her." Booklist
Baker is a novelist with a gift for intimate and atmospheric storytelling. Financial Times
"Some writers let you know that you're in safe hands from the start, and Jo Baker is one of them." The Independent
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From the Publisher:
The haunting and magical story of a young woman's search for her mother.
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