13/06/2026
Meet the Author - with a suitable fanfare from the Wellington Wailers
June 18th - 7.30 pm
The book is a follow up to a children's rhyme book (Gertie the Mermaid’s Birthday Adventure) published in 2021 which features a mermaid who explores up the river Adur as far as the houseboats then gets chased back out to sea where she's captured by fishermen. Luckily for Gertie one of the fishermen lets her go. The other two are totally p****d off because apparently a live mermaid is worth a fortune 😱
This book is aimed at a confident older reader or an adult who enjoys a bit of magical realism. It starts on the same day that the first book ends. The fisherman who let the mermaid go gets given the sack. He's an 18 year old who lives on a houseboat with his widowed mother and little sister. Turns out that he's part of a family with a rare gift: they can hear the mer-folk speak via telepathy.