Daughters of the Sea
5 primary works
Book 1
Book 1
The Daughters of the Sea tells the story of three mermaid sisters who are separated at birth by a storm and go on to lead three very different lives.Book 1 is about Hannah, who spent her early days in an orphanage and is now a scullery maid in the house of rich and powerful family. She is irresistibly drawn to the sea and through a series of accidents and encounters discovers her true identity. Hannah realises that she must keep the truth a secret but she also knows that soon she will have to make the choice-to be a creature of the land or the sea.
Book 2
May feels her life drying up. The sea calls to her, but her parents forbid her from swimming. She longs for books, but her mother finds her passion for learning strange. She yearns for independence, but a persistent suitor, Rudd, wants to tame her spirited ways. Yet after her fifteenth birthday, the urge to break free becomes overpowering and May makes a life-changing discovery. She does not belong on land where girls are meant to be obedient. She is a mermaid-a creature of the sea. For the first time, May learns what freedom feels like-the thrill of exploring both the vast ocean and the previously forbidden books. She even catches the eye of Hugh, an astronomy student who, unlike the townspeople, finds May anything but strange. But not everyone is pleased with May's transformation. Rudd decides that if can't have May, no-one will. He knows how to destroy her happiness and takes drastic measures to ensure that May loses everything: her freedom and the only boy she's ever loved.
Book 2
Book 3
When seventeen-year-old Lucy's father, a minister, gets a prestigious summer position in Bar Harbor, Maine, her mother determines to find a rich husband for her daughter but Lucy is fascinated by the sea and a handsome ship-builder.