Against all odds, Adirah Messa has been accepted to Billet University, a prestigious institution founded in the 1800s for people of color. Determined to excel, she arrives at the university intent on minimizing distraction and focusing on her studies. That goal is soon interrupted when she is notice
The Mermaid of Black Conch: A Love Story
β Scribed by Monique Roffey
- Book ID
- 110618890
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 128 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781845234584
- ASIN
- B086MDPKNC
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
March 1976: St Constance, a tiny Caribbean village on the island of Black Conch, at the start of the rainy season. A fisherman sings to himself in his pirogue, waiting for a catch but attracts a sea-dweller he doesn't expect. Aycayia, a beautiful young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as a mermaid, has been swimming the Caribbean Sea for centuries. And she is entranced by this man David and his song.
Winner of the Costa Book Award 2020
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