{"product_id":"mermaids-and-musicians","title":"Mermaids and Musicians","description":"\u003cp\u003eA virtuoso violinist falls madly in love with a mermaid, but can he deal with loving a woman who isn't completely human? And can their love travel through time? The novel begins on Signal Mountain in Tennessee and migrates to the coast of Northern California. As a poet and musician, Diane Frank reveals what it takes to become a musician, what music means to those who play it, and what music gives to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From Diane Frank, a beautiful love story from the dream world, where humans and mermaids meet. In her masterful lyrical style, this poet musician takes us on a journey through realms of water, music, passion and art. As we follow the lives of a family of creative souls, we feel the flow of the sacred feminine, orchestrating and guiding at every turn. A gift from a master of light and dreams, \u003cem\u003eMermaids and Musicians\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to the artist, musician, poet and dreamer in all of us.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Read Hawthorne, co-author, #1 New York Times bestseller \u003cem\u003eChicken Soup for the Woman's Soul\u003c\/em\u003e; author, \u003cem\u003eA Canopy of Stars: Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"One of the best ways to learn about humans is to listen to their songs.\" Every chapter in \u003cem\u003eMermaids and Musicians sings.\u003c\/em\u003e With exquisite language, Diane Frank weaves joy and heartbreak, community and loneliness, surrealism and realism into a novel of hope. This delectable book uproots readers from the Appalachian Mountains and transports them to the Pacific coast, following the dreams of various characters, all of them artists and musicians, all believers that this wild, precious earth is worth saving. Frank delights in every color and sound, every magical moment we sometimes forget as we traverse from childhood into adults. This is a book I would devour first, then go back and luxuriate in the second, third, and subsequent readings. A must-read for anyone who longs to return to a world of compassion and beauty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- KB Ballentine, author of \u003cem\u003eSpirit of Wild \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Mermaids and Musicians \u003c\/em\u003eis a feast for the senses, the images conjuring sights, sounds and tastes that metamorphosize into larger concepts. When Diane Frank introduces music into her novel, it takes on a depth, both joyful and painful, that is, in my opinion, her finest work. Bravo!\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJill Rachuy Brindel, Cellist, San Francisco Symphony \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Diane Frank has that amalgam of poetry and prose just right. Her language \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas perfect pitch. It's a knockout.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Robert Scotellaro, author of \u003cem\u003eMeasuring the Distance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiane Frank's \u003cem\u003eMermaids and Musicians\u003c\/em\u003e is magic - not the ordinary magic of impossible feats, rather the more delicious kind, that sets up residence in our souls. I love the way poetic passages leap out at me, then sink gracefully back into the narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Anya Luz Lobos, author of \u003cem\u003eWild Knowing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diane Frank","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46626275000556,"sku":"9781421836867","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781421836867.jpg?v=1751832130","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/mermaids-and-musicians","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}