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Book Review: Circus Mermaid by Simon Watson
Simon is a young librarian. He lives alone in a house that is slowly crumbling toward the long island sound. His mother, circus mermaid, who made her living by holding her breath, drowned in the very water his house overlooks. One june day an old book arrived on simon's door step, sent by an antiquarian booksellerWho purchased it on speculation. Fragile and water dam the book is a log from the owner of a travelling carnival in the 17 hundreds,. Who report strange and magical things, including the drowning death of a circus mermaid. Since then, generations of mermaids in simon's family have drowned, always on july 20 fourth
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