Genevieve is maid to Madame Patin in a country bar and cafe and becomes the breathless audience to her mistress's folk stories, beginning with the siren-calling mermaid. As Genevieve's own comeliness ripens to siren-like beauty, she takes flight, only to end up with another word-spinner - the poet.
- ISBN10 1466854960
- ISBN13 9781466854963
- Publish Date 22 October 2013 (first published 1 December 2000)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Henry Holt & Company
- Format eBook
- Pages 304
- Language English