Fiction. African American Studies. Rosa Guy's tropical retelling of "The Little Mermaid" is the gorgeous, tragic love story of Desiree, a beautiful peasant girl who devotes herself to the handsome, aristocratic young man whose life she has saved. When his upper-class family feels that Desiree's skin is too dark and her family too poor for a boy destined for power and wealth, Desiree proves that she is willing to give everything for love. This lovely reprint will break your heart. "Rosa Guy is a fine writer and she continually gives us new issues to contemplate"-Maya Angelou.
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