Onthe coast of Cork, Syracuse is a fisherman, on the wagon, living alone.His precocious daughter, Annie, about 10, has failing kidneys. One day,a nearly-drowned young woman comes up in his net; she speaks oddly,calls herself Ondine, and wants no one to see her. He puts her up in anisolated cottage that was his mothers. Annie discovers Ondinespresence and believes shes a selkie, a mythical seal turned humanwhile on land. If this is a fairy tale, is there a happily ever after,or do the realities of alcohol, illness, and worse intrude, includingSyracuses inveterate bad luck As his priest tell him, miserys easy,its happiness you have to work at. Any hope of that

Onthe coast of Cork, Syracuse is a fisherman, on the wagon, living alone.His precocious daughter, Annie, about 10, has failing kidneys. One day,a nearly-drowned young woman comes up in his net; she speaks oddly,calls herself Ondine, and wants no one to see her. He puts her up in anisolated cottage that was his mothers. Annie discovers Ondinespresence and believes shes a selkie, a mythical seal turned human whileon land. If this is a fairy tale, is there a happily ever after, or dothe realities of alcohol, illness, and worse intrude, includingSyracuses inveterate bad luck As his priest tell him, miserys easy,its happiness you have to work at. Any hope of that

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Onthe coast of Cork, Syracuse is a fisherman, on the wagon, living alone.His precocious daughter, Annie, about 10, has failing kidneys. One day,a nearly-drowned young woman comes up in his net; she speaks oddly,calls herself Ondine, and wants no one to see her. He puts her up in anisolated cottage that was his mothers. Annie discovers Ondinespresence and believes shes a selkie, a mythical seal turned humanwhile on land. If this is a fairy tale, is there a happily ever after,or do the realities of alcohol, illness, and worse intrude, includingSyracuses inveterate bad luck As his priest tell him, miserys easy,its happiness you have to work at. Any hope of that