But the mermaid is more of a secondary character in the story and the focus is more on Bess and Dot. The title and the cover already tell you that there's a mermaid in the millpond and this will probably conjure up the image of a light, fluffy, magical story about a mermaid. The story comes to us in the first person perspective of Beth. With regular beatings, work struggles reaching intolerable levels and a scary mermaid outside, will Bess be able to escape her situation? And maybe help Dot too? And what about the mermaid – is she even real? The only good thing in Bess’s life is the new entrant Dot, who makes a way into Bess’s reluctant heart. Right outside her dorm window is a pond, but they’ve been warned against entering it as there is supposed to be a monstrous mermaid dwelling in it. She is antagonistic with the other poor orphan labourers who share the same gloomy dorm with no hope of escape. Unfortunately, she finds herself overworked and underfed. But I wasn’t prepared for it to be so fabulous! Mind you, the story is quite dark.ġ1 year old Bess has left the London workhouse to work in a rural cotton mill on the promise of good food and shelter. In a Nutshell: I knew this would be a great book because I had heard of this author’s children’s fiction works.
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