In this breathless and beautifully crafted tale, twelve-year-old Neen Marrey must separate town gossip from town lore to learn the truth about her mother—and herself.
The people of Carrick Island have been whispering behind Neen’s back ever since her father drowned and her mother disappeared. The townspeople say her mother was a merrow and has returned to the ocean. Neen, caught in her hazy new in-between self—not a child, but not quite grown up—can’t help but wonder if the villagers are right. But if her mother was a merrow, then what does that make Neen?
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“[In this] beautifully crafted coming-of-age audiobook…narrator Lucy Brownhill portrays twelve-year-old Neen as she sifts gossip, rumor, and town lore to find her way and discover her own place in her world. Brownhill’s Irish lilt brings the story to life as Neen searches for the truth about her parents and her own reality.”
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