I began by listening to and learning by heart all kinds of rhymes and hymns and ballads, and then went on to make up my own poems, using the forms I’d heard. Poetry was very important to me from childhood. You also come to understand very early that stories hold quite different meanings for different listeners, and can be recast from many viewpoints. In a large family you hear a great many stories. My father was the eldest of twelve, and this extended family has no doubt had a strong influence on my life, as have my own children. I was born in December 1952, in Yorkshire, the second of four children. ' Steeped in myth and legend, and full of the resonance of the deeps, this immersive five-book saga shows leading poet and author Helen Dunmore at her lyrical best. And she's sure she can hear him singing across the 'I wish I was away in Ingo, far across the briny sea. But Sapphy doesn't just crave the wild world beneath the waves she also longs to see her father once more. Diving down into Ingo, she discovers an intoxicating world she never knew existed, where she must let go of the airy world above, and embrace the sea. Then, the following summer, Sapphy meets Faro – an enigmatic Mer boy. When he is lost at sea she can't help but think of the old myth. Sapphire's father told her that story when she was little. He swam down into the sea to be with her, and was never seen again.
Readers will be drawn into a watery world of mystery and magic by this haunting, sea-drenched series set on the coast of Cornwall… Once there was a man who fell in love with a mermaid.
OL21040443W Page_number_confidence 91.57 Pages 358 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210106055154 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 491 Scandate 20201229140135 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780007204908 Sent_to_scribe Tts_version 4.Award-winning author Helen Dunmore’s INGO saga, a beautiful mermaid series for readers of 9 and up, now available in an unmissable ebook collection containing all five novels. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 02:03:23 Boxid IA40027311 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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