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Book Review of Swim to Me

Swim to Me
Swim to Me
Author: Betsy Carter
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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This coming-of-age story, set in the late 50s, has a winning heroine in Delores Walker, who leaves her conflict-filled Bronx home to become a mermaid in a Florida roadside amusement park. The character development is well-done, but the abrupt ending is not at all satisfying.