Working as an oceanic marine biologist requires daily swim pratice. But one night, alone in the pool, she sees someone swimming steadily forward with extraordinary, inhuman speed. Someone no one else seems to be able to see. Someone very beautiful. But is this just another one of her strange, erotic
Mermaid In The Watery Deep: Short Story
✍ Scribed by Sharon Butala
- Book ID
- 111142651
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Canada
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 22 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781443421591
- ASIN
- B00DG2K522
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
After her marriage deteriorates, Joan's life also seems to be falling apart. Irked by living in the suburbs—far from downtown and alone in a neighbourhood of families—Joan moves into a room in a shared house where the other occupants are all young and single. There, her health—already affected by the stress of her divorce—worsens, until she is unable to get out of bed.
Fever is a collection of sixteen short stories that reveal the secret inner lives of women and men, skilfully peeling back their defenses to expose crystallizing moments of joy, pain, fear, and guiltless pleasure. Sharon Butala infuses Fever with an intensity of emotion that often catches readers off guard, making for a reading experience that is always honest and powerful.
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