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Informationen zum Autor Linda Nemec Foster is the founder of the Contemporary Writers Series at Aquinas College. She is also the author of nine collections of poetry including Amber Necklace from Gdansk, Talking Diamonds , Listen to the Landscape, and Living in the Fire Nest. Foster was selected to be the first poet laureate of Grand Rapids, MI from 2003 to 2005. Anne-Marie Oomen is author of Love, Sex and 4-H (Next Generation Indie Award for Memoir) , House of Fields and Pulling Down the Barn (both Michigan Notable Books) and Uncoded Woman (poetry), among others. She teaches at Solstice MFA at Pine Manor College (MA), Interlochen's College of Creative Arts (MI), and at conferences throughout the country. Meridith Ridl is an artist and an art teacher with a BA from the College of Wooster and MFA from the University of Michigan. She is represented by Lafontsee Galleries in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Meridith lives with her wonderful husband Brent, in Saugatuck, Michigan, and loves wandering the lakeshore and dunes much like Lyk. Klappentext A modern-day fairy tale told in conversation between a young girl and the mermaid of Lake Michigan. This is a new tale that feels familiar. The breeze off the lake, the sand underfoot, the supreme sadness of being young and not in control - these sensations come rushing back page by page, bringing to life an ancient myth of coming of age in a troubled world. Zusammenfassung A modern-day fairy tale told in conversation between a young girl and the mermaid of Lake Michigan. This is a new tale that feels familiar. The breeze off the lake! the sand underfoot! the supreme sadness of being young and not in control - these sensations come rushing back page by page! bringing to life an ancient myth of coming of age in a troubled world.
