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. 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.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. And she's sure she can hear him singing across the water: 'I wish I was away in Ingo, far across the briny sea.

īut Sapphy doesn't just crave the wild world beneath the waves she also longs to see her father once more.

Once there was a man who fell in love with a mermaid. Readers will be drawn into a watery world of mystery and magic by this haunting, sea-drenched series set on the coast of Cornwall… 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.

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