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Carolyn Turgeon

is the author of five novels, including Mermaid and her latest, The Fairest of Them All, out August 6 from Simon & Schuster. She also runs the mermaid blog iamamermaid.com.

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Neither Fish Nor Flesh

By Carolyn TurgeonAugust 1, 2013
The recent ubiquity of mermaids reflects the yearning to celebrate primal female energy in a culture that often denies it
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