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02756aam a22003858i 4500 001 9E68617610B711E996AE0D0D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190105010023 008 180816t20182018meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2018037833 020 $a 1432859544 020 $a 9781432859541 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Gowar, Imogen Hermes. 245 14 $a The mermaid and Mrs. Hancock : $h [large print] / $b a history in three volumnes / $c by Imogen Hermes Gowar. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2018. 300 $a 679 pages (large print) ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "In 1780s London, a prosperous merchant finds his quiet life upended when he unexpectedly receives a most unusual creature--and meets an extraordinary woman--in this much-lauded, atmospheric debut that examines our capacity for wonder, obsession, and desire. One September evening in 1785, Jonah Hancock hears an urgent knocking on his front door near the docks of London. The captain of one of Jonah's trading vessels is waiting eagerly on the front step, bearing shocking news. On a voyage to the Far East, he sold the Jonah's ship for something rare and far more precious: a mermaid. Jonah is stunned--the object the captain presents him is brown and wizened, as small as an infant, with vicious teeth and claws, and a torso that ends in the tail of a fish. It is also dead. As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlors and brothels, all of London is curious to see this marvel in Jonah Hancock's possession. Thrust from his ordinary existence, somber Jonah finds himself moving from the city's seedy underbelly to the finest drawing rooms of high society. At an opulent party, he makes the acquaintance of the coquettish Angelica Neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on--and a shrewd courtesan of great accomplishment. This meeting sparks a perilous liaison that steers both their lives onto a dangerous new course as they come to realize that priceless things often come at the greatest cost."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Seafaring life $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Mermaids $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Voyages and travels $v Fiction. 650 $a Large type books. 941 $a 6 945 $a lpt 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012012356.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722060531.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190430010729.0 952 $l FPPC224 $d 20190420010747.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20190320010807.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20190105011136.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9E68617610B711E996AE0D0D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search