30 years after Disney's The Little Mermaid moviewas released, it's time for a feminist reimagining for a newgeneration. "A masterpiece" Marian Keyes "A fierce torrent of a book, raging and forceful andgripping. I was swept away" Kiran Millwood Hargrave "Her prose cuts and rages and her vision of the SeaWitch is truly transformative" The Observer.Think you know the story of the Little Mermaid? Think again...Deep beneath the sea, off the cold Irish coast, Gaia is a youngmermaid who dreams of freedom from her controlling father. On herfirst swim to the surface, she is drawn towards a human boy. Shelongs to join his carefree world, but how much will she have tosacrifice?What will it take for the little mermaid to find her voice? Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale is reimagined througha searing feminist lens, with the stunning, scalpel-sharpwriting and world building that has won Louise her legions of devotedfans.A book with the darkest of undercurrents, full of rage and rallyingcries: storytelling at its most spellbinding.
