The Mermaid of the Black Conch by Monique Roffey

The Mermaid of the Black Conch by Monique RoffeyApril 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 doesnt 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. But her fascination is her undoing. She hears

and peculiar cat-and-mouse games resulted in Samuel Beckett: A Biography

he finds friends

he examines lost skills such as coppicing and he explores new uses of woodlands for forest schools

but I don't feel like going into it

shrewd and unafraid - a winning debut' Hilary Mantel

I've never felt so seen' GRACE DENT

He would like ti to be my fault that he has no story

who illustrates his award-winning children's books and gives him her unstinting devotion

rooted in the mysterious workings of the human heart and mind

including liberalism

with tips on kit

Molly Malone on Saint Andrew Street to the Best Night Ever in the National Botanic Gardens