Publishing News An enchanting, modern twist on the Hans Christian Anderson story of the little mermaid. Northern Echo Ingo is an intoxicating adventure. It's a haunting, beautifully written book which creates a totally believable parallel world. Telegraph Helen Dunmore is an exceptional and versatile writer and she writes with a restrained, sensual grace. Independent Helen Dunmore may have a few drowned readers on her conscience, so enticing and believable is the underwater world she creates in Ingo. Amanda Craig, The Times Compellingly lyrical.
Philip Ardagh, Guardian The electric thrill of swimming with dolphins, of racing along currents, and of leaving the world of reason and caution behind are described with glorious intensity. Ingo has a haunting, dangerous beauty all of its own. Though the first in a series, this book works perfectly as a standalone title, with a satisfying resolution but enough left hanging in the air to make the characters and situations live on in the reader's mind.
And she's sure she can hear him singing across the water.As ever, Dunmore's characters are beautifully drawn. He pleads with her to ignore her craving for the sea and stay safely in their cottage up on the cliff.īut not only is Sapphy intoxicated by the Mer world, she longs to see her father once more.
Ingo blood runs strongly in Sapphy and Conor fears she will leave the Air world for good. She must let go of all her Air thoughts and embrace the sea and all things Mer.Īfter her first visit she is entranced - merely the sound of running water makes her yearn to be in Ingo once more. He takes her to Ingo and introduces her to a world she never knew existed. She goes to the cove to find him, but instead meets Faro, an enigmatic and intriguing Merman. The following summer her brother Conor keeps disappearing for hours on end. When he is lost at sea she can't help but think of that old myth she's convinced he's still alive. Sapphire's father told her that story when she was little. She swam up the stream to hear him sing, then one day he swam down it and was never seen again. She fell in love with a human, but she was a Mer creature and so she couldn't come to live with him up in the dry air. You'll find the mermaid of Zennor inside Zennor church.
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