Mermaid [Kindle in Motion] (Kindle Single)

Mermaid [Kindle in Motion] (Kindle Single)

<p><b>There’s always more beneath the surface.</b></p><p>Once, Hope Payne was a mermaid, performing at the local theme park and captivating audiences young and old.</p><p>Today, she’s married to a pragmatic marine biologist who has filled the pool in their backyard with flounder for a special study. Before he begins, the fish vanish—echoing a loss Hope alone can understand. She senses there’s something underwater, something alive and hungry for more, but is she in too deep to ever resurface?</p><p><i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Jodi Picoult’s “Mermaid” is a spellbinding short story about the sacrifice it takes to swim again.</p><br /><br /><p>Jodi Picoult is the #1 bestselling author of twenty-four novels, including <i>Songs of the Humpback Whale</i> (1992), <i>My Sister’s Keeper</i> (2004), Nineteen Minutes (2007), <i>Sing You Home</i> (2011), <i>Lone Wolf</i> (2012), <i>The Storyteller</i> (2013), and <i>Leaving Time</i> (2014), and two young adult novels, <i>Between the Lines</i> (2012) and <i>Off the Page</i> (2014), which were co-written with her daughter, Samantha van Leer. Her most recent novel, <i>Small Great Things</i>, published in October 2016, was an instant #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller. Her books have been translated into thirty-four languages in thirty-five countries. Four novels—<i>The Pact, Plain Truth, The Tenth Circle</i>, and <i>Salem Falls</i>—have been made into television movies. <i>My Sister’s Keeper</i> was a big-screen release from New Line Cinema, with Nick Cassavetes directing and Cameron Diaz starring. <i>Small Great Things</i> has been optioned for motion-picture adaptation by Amblin Entertainment and is set to star Viola Davis and Julia Roberts. Picoult is also currently developing a Broadway musical based on her YA novels. She is the recipient of many awards, including a New England Book Award, an Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association, a lifetime achievement award for mainstream fiction from the Romance Writers of America, and a New Hampshire Literary Award. She holds honorary doctorates from Dartmouth College and the University of New Haven. She is also a member of the advisory board for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. Picoult lives in New Hampshire with her husband. They have three children.</p>