{"product_id":"the-mermaid-that-came-between-them-hardcover","title":"The Mermaid That Came Between Them - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Ann Sima\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spritely novel about a father, his son, and the mermaid that captures their hearts.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young man visiting the seaside, Jacob met and fell in love with his first love, a mermaid named Claritha. Now a divorced father of a college-age son and writer of maritime adventure stories, Jacob renews his relationship with Claritha only to discover his son has fallen in love with this same bedazzling creature from the sea. Declared unsound by his ex-wife and friends, Jacob pens a nonfiction book about men and menopause in an attempt to make sense of his bizarre love triangle. With its witty word games and playful plot twists, Sima's forcefully imaginative and ebullient novel turns the question \"what if\" into a sigh of \"if only.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native New Yorker, Carol Ann Sima wrote the entirety of \u003ci\u003eThe Mermaid That Came Between Them\u003c\/i\u003e \"longhand\" at coffee shops throughout New York City. Sima works as a grade school language arts teacher for the New York School system and has written for \u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eJane's Bad Hare Day\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Dalkey Archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.34 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48422245662969,"sku":"9781566891240","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UmO6Xu0PT-9781566891240.webp?v=1779263622","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-mermaid-that-came-between-them-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}