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On remote Rollrock Island, men go to sea to make their livings—and to catch their wives. The witch Misskaella knows the way of drawing a girl from the heart of a seal, of luring the beauty out of the beast. And for a price a man may buy himself a lovely sea-wife. He may have and hold and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Daniel Mallett: son of Dominic and sea wife Neme, Daniel masterminds a daring event that will transform everyone on the island.
- Misskaella Prout: The island witch whose ability to transform the seals into women proves to be Rollrock's undoing.
- Elizabeth "Bet" Winch: child who witnesses firsthand the destruction of the island marriages and the flight of the Rollrock women when the sea wives begin to bewitch the men.
- Dominic Mallett: Daniel's father, raised on the island by human parents, he nonetheless takes a sea wife.
- Lory Severner: the first girl child that Daniel ever sees, she returns to Rollrock to claim the home that belonged to her grandparents
- Trudle Callisher: the mainlander who is brought by Dominic and Daniel to Rollrock to serve as Misskaella's apprentice.
- Kit Cawdron: Add a description of this character.
- Neme: one of the seal-wives
- Froman Prout
- Augusta "Gussy" Prout
- William "Billy" Prout: Misskaela's brother
- Ann Jelly Prout: One of Misskaela's sisters
- Tatty Prout: One of Missk's sisters
- Grassy Prout: One of Missk's sisters
- Bee Prout: One of Misskaela's sisters
- Lorel Prout: One of Misskaela's sisters
- Ambler Cartney
- Naseby Winch: An islander who cheats on his wife with a seal-woman
- Byrne Winch
- Snell Winch
- Odger Winch
- Nance Winch
- Sophie Winch
- Able Marten
- Kitty Flaming
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- Margo Lanagan (Author)
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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 2012
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