MERROW

Steeped in well-researched Irish folklore, with careful attention to the unique culture of an island in the Irish Sea, MERROW is a beautifully crafted coming-of-age audiobook. Neen, an Irish girl, lives an isolated life with her Auntie Ushag in Carrick, where townspeople mix folklore and gossip to explain their world. Narrator Lucy Brownhill portrays 12-year-old Neen as she sifts gossip, rumor, and town lore to find her way and discover her own place in her world. Brownhill's Irish lilt brings the story to life as Neen searches for the truth about her parents and her own reality. Was her mam a marrow--an Irish mermaid--returned to the sea, and if she was, what does that make Neen? N.E.M. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2017]