Refreshingly, this is as much Harry’s story as it is Kathleen’s, with the novel giving equal turn in voice to Harry, Kathleen, and Kathleen’s father, Robin. Harry (short for Harriet), is Kathleen’s girlfriend and bonafide True Love. Claycomb’s story is both an extension of the grim Andersen tale and a bold, mature examination of the repercussions of giving up one’s self for love. That is if only the terrible pains in her feet and mouth would go away and she could stop longing to be immersed in salt water. Kathleen, the unlucky descendant of the cursed mermaid from Anderson’s story, is an opera student with a bright future. Here at Fiction Unbound, we love the chance to dive into fairy tale reimaginings and female-driven narratives and that’s exactly what we got with Claycomb’s new novel.
The little mermaid is all grown up and several generations removed from the sea in Ann Claycomb’s debut novel, The Mermaid’s Daughter, a modern take on the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale.
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