Mermaid's Song [Paperback]

Gores Alida van (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (December 6, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0006178251
• ISBN-13: 978-0006178255
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,534,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alida Van Gores won't write anymore..., August 1, 2005

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Suzanne Broussard "book addict" (New Orleans) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mermaid's Song (Signet) (Paperback)

For all of us who have been searching for another book - any other book - by the author who wrote Mermaid's Song, I found this on the web today. It's dated July 5, 1998.

"Author and screenwriter Alida Adrianna Van Gores died of breast cancer June 3 at her home in Laguna Beach. She was 47.

Van Gores began her career as an artist, but soon moved on to writing. Her first novel, "Mermaid Song," was published in 1989, and she was working on her second novel when she died. Also, Van Gores wrote the teleplay for the 1984 CBS telepic "He's Not Your Son," and her screenplay "Marooned" was recently optioned by Itaska Films."

She wrote the perfect mermaid book, but there will only be one.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book! What happened??, September 21, 2001

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GreyCat "GreyCat" (SoCal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mermaid's Song (Signet) (Paperback)

I highly recommend this well-written and engaging book to anyone interested in intelligent undersea life. The characters are true-to-life and it is easy to like and dislike them. Inclusion of split-tailed mers is a particularly nice touch, since they are well-known in Europe (check out The Mermaid of Denmark out in the Bay!) but seem to have been forgotten by American artists and writers. She's got romance, secrets from the past, political corruption, civil war, and the potential destruction of the oceans! Thoroughly enjoyable.

Unfortunately, this book has been out of print for a long time and it is difficult to obtain a reasonably priced used copy. It would be nice if the publisher decided to reprint this wonderful book, as there are many people out there who would appreciate it and others like me who already appreciate it and would like to be able to pop down to the bookstore and pick it up for birthdays!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mermaid's song By: Alida Van Gores, May 15, 2004

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Poppy (Santa Cruz) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mermaid's Song (Signet) (Paperback)

In all my years of reading, absorbing and devouring books. I have never found another like this one. Alida Van Gores should be found and prasied. The brilliant world of the Merra brought to life with such cleaverness. She's created what's reffered to by fans as the "Holy Grail" of mermaid fiction. Alida if you ever read this, I want you to know, my daughter falls asleep each night to the songs and legends of the Merra.
"Start a ripple, change the sea and all that was will ever be."
You changed the sea Alida.