"Lilleah is an orphaned mermaid who has been adopted by a Coast Salish family residing on the remote island on which Lilleah’s lake is situated. The island is on a big lake that empties into a small river that eventually flows into the Fraser and from there into the Salish Sea. The seven sisters are eager to explore the wider world, but each is allowed outings only once they turn 17. When it is Lilleah’s tu ...Täielik kirjeldus
"Lilleah is an orphaned mermaid who has been adopted by a Coast Salish family residing on the remote island on which Lilleah’s lake is situated. The island is on a big lake that empties into a small river that eventually flows into the Fraser and from there into the Salish Sea. The seven sisters are eager to explore the wider world, but each is allowed outings only once they turn 17. When it is Lilleah’s turn, she encounters a painter on a beach. As he paints her, she disappears into the painting and from her family’s life. The authorities are unhelpful, as they think that Lilleah has probably “traded her voice for legs to run off with a prince,” like so many before her. One day the sisters’ uncle, who owns a custodial business, discovers the painting in a gallery. Lilleah is trapped, but still alive ..."--